Halfpoint/Fullpoint Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is a tough one to write, folks. It’s Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – looking out at Halfpoint/Fullpoint over the next couple of weeks, there’s not a single moment where I’d tell you to grab your board and rush down.

Right from Thursday the 2nd of July, the wind is just a nightmare. We’ve got a fresh breeze howling out of the ENE at 22 mph, and it’s cross-shore all the way. The water is a warm 79°F, which is pretty normal for this time of year, not really any kind of anomaly to write home about. But the surf quality? Absolutely cooked. There’s a weak 5ft swell from the ENE with a short, weak period of only 8 seconds, and the combined wave energy is sitting at a moderate 558. It’s just lumpy, cross-chop from start to finish.

And that theme doesn’t let up. Friday the 3rd is more of the same nasty cross-breeze with 5ft to 5ft of short-period ENE slop. Saturday the 4th starts the same, but by the afternoon, the swell direction swings to a very long-period 20 seconds from the SSW at 2ft. That’s a groundswell with a massive 918 energy reading, but the wind is still a fresh cross-shore mess. That long period would be better on a reef, but the wind just kills any chance of a clean face.

Sunday the 5th gets even worse – the wind kicks up to 25 mph, a strong breeze making it a cross-onshore disaster. We see some 3ft SSW swell with 18-second period, but with that wind, it’s just strong cross-onshore and messy. Honestly, at that point, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Through the rest of the first week and into the second, it’s just a brutal grind of ENE wind at 22 to 25 mph, generating lumpy, cross-shore or cross-onshore waves. The swell height bounces around 5ft to 7ft, but with periods that short (7 to 8 seconds) and that wind, it’s not surfable.

There are a few moments in the second half where the swell shifts to a long-period SSW groundswell again, like on Sunday the 12th and Monday the 13th, but every single time, the wind is blowing a gale out of the ENE. By Tuesday the 14th, the energy drops right off, barely registering 107 in the combined energy. Wednesday the 15th shows a tiny 2ft SSW swell with 18-second period, but again, it’s a fresh cross-onshore wind ruining it.

The final days, the 16th and 17th of July, are just more of the same frustrating pattern: fresh cross-shore wind and poor surf conditions. There’s honestly nothing to recommend here. This is one of those blank runs that just happens for this area. Keep an eye on the charts, because it can’t stay this ugly forever.

Rusty

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