Henrys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Henrys (Imperial)

Alright, grab your wettie, let’s talk about what’s happening at Henrys.

Right off the bat, honest truth: the next week or so is pretty damn ordinary. We’ve got a string of days where the swell is tiny and the conditions just aren’t doing it for me. The energy is weak to moderate, reading at 148 early on Tuesday the 14th, and while there’s an offshore breeze at times, the wave heights are hovering around that 2ft mark, with a short period swell. It’s the kind of stuff you paddle out for a quick knee-bouncer and spend more time sitting than riding. The consistency is there, but the quality just isn’t. You’ll see that combined energy (148 on Tuesday morning, 503 on Tuesday afternoon) is generally weak to moderate for the first few days, but the surf quality comments are poor or marginal.

The morning of Wednesday the 15th is actually the first peek of something decent. The forecast shows "expect good surf conditions" with a 2ft SSW groundswell (13-second period) and a clean, moderate offshore breeze from the ENE at 12 mph. The combined energy is up to 357, which is moderate. But it’s a brief window, and it’s still very small surf. Not a standout.

From Thursday the 16th right through to Friday the 24th of July, honestly, it’s a slog. Almost every session is marked as "poor surf conditions". The swell is tiny, often under 3ft, and the winds are mostly cross-off or cross. The combined energy drops into the low hundreds or even into double digits (like 95 on the 23rd). There’s a lot of clean-looking ocean, but no push to it. You’re looking at a real doldrum period.

Now, things start to look a bit more promising toward the very end of the window, around Saturday the 26th of July. The Sunday morning of the 26th is where I’d point you. We’ve got a 3ft SSW groundswell with a long 19-second period. The combined energy jumps up to a solid 760 (strong wave energy), and the winds are light and clean from the ENE at 6 mph. That’s a glassy, clean setup for a reef break that likes a west-northwest direction. The period is long, so it’ll be better shaped, more powerful, and with those long gaps between sets. Henrys is a reef, so it can handle that longer period well. It’s consistent, so it should break. This is the best on offer, but it’s a long-range call, so don’t book the flight just yet.

Then Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th keep the trend going. The morning of the 28th is a beauty on paper: a 3ft SW groundswell, 16-second period, a gentle offshore breeze from the ENE at 9 mph (very clean), and a combined energy of 596. Expect very good surf conditions. The Wednesday the 29th morning looks similar with a 4ft SW swell, 16-second period, and a light offshore from the east at 3 mph. That’s as good as it gets.

The only real standout here is the Sunday the 26th morning session, and the Tuesday the 28th morning session. Those two are the ones to circle. The rest of the 16-day run is mostly a write-off for decent waves. No crowds info directly from the file for the standout days, but Henrys is "often" crowded, so get there early if you can.

Rusty.

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