Hennemans Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cookin’ at Hennemans.

Honestly, it’s a pretty quiet stretch ahead. We’ve got a long gap of nothing special before anything even starts to look like a wave worth paddling for. The first few days are a write-off, with small, messy, cross-onshore slop. You’ll be waiting nearly a week for the first glimmer of hope.

The water is sitting at 69.3°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won’t need the thickest rubber.

For the first real look, we’ve got to jump to Wednesday morning, July 8th. The wind switches onshore out of the SW at 6.2 mph, with a 3.3 ft swell from the same direction. The period is 16 seconds, so that’s a proper long-period groundswell, but it’s breaking straight onto the reef. The combined energy is moderate (879). It’s marginal, but this is the best on offer this week. It’s a reef break, so those long-period lines might hold up better than at a beach, but it’s inconsistent and only for intermediate surfers. Crowds are possible.

From there, we slide into a series of days with similar 3 ft swell but poor to marginal conditions. The morning of Saturday, July 18th, stands out a bit. We’ve got a 2 ft, 17-second swell from the SW, with a light NNW cross-offshore breeze. That’s clean. The combined energy is moderate (393). It’s not big, but it’s the cleanest window we get. That’s your second standout, but it’s still a marginal call for a reef that’s inconsistent.

The rest of the forecast is pretty bleak. Nothing gets above a 4 ft, and that comes on July 16th with a short, 8-second period and choppy onshore winds. That’s a kite surfer’s session, not a paddle surfer’s. The best of the best here is honestly the Wednesday morning, July 8th, for the best combination of size and swell energy, even if the wind is onshore. It’s the only thing that gets close to worthwhile.

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