Hilton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what we’ve got. Hilton. It’s a reef break, exposed to the swell, and it likes those WSW directions. I’ll be honest with you, mate—this looks like a pretty quiet run. The first real sniff of anything that might be worth paddling out for doesn’t even show up until the morning of Sunday the 20th of July. That’s a solid two and a half weeks of waiting, with nothing on offer before that.

For the first few days, we’re scraping together tiny swell, mostly around 2 ft to 3 ft, but it’s all short period stuff (6-8 seconds) and the wind is junk—cross-on or onshore nearly the whole time. The water temp on that first day, Sunday the 5th of July, is 82°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. But the vibe is poor. Surf quality is brutal. The combined wave energy barely breaks 100 for most of it, with Monday the 6th only showing 84. That’s weak.

Tuesday the 7th gives a little bump—energy hits 137—but it’s still messy. And so it goes, day after day. We get a glassy morning on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th, but the swell is tiny (1 ft to 2 ft), with a period of just 5-6 seconds. That’s not enough to get you going on a reef, it’s barely a ripple. The crowds are listed as “sometimes” but honestly, on this quality, you won’t be fighting for waves.

The one, and I mean *only*, standout in the whole window is on the morning of Monday the 20th of July. We get a tiny bit of glass on the water, a light offshore from the SW at 3 mph. The swell comes up to 3 ft from the WNW with a 7-second period, and the combined energy is 50. The guidance says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” which is about as optimistic as it gets here. That morning is the only time you’d bother. By the afternoon, it’s back to cross-on junk. So if you’re desperate, that Monday morning *might* give you a few little crumbly lines at Hilton, but don’t expect much.

For the rest of the 16 days? It’s flat or blown out. This is a dry spell, plain and simple. Forecasts change, but right now it’s looking like time to wax the longboard and just go for a paddle, or take up something else until the end of the month.

Rusty.

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