Himalayas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what's on the cards.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day stretch for the Himalayas reef break, it's a pretty flat and frustrating picture. We're looking at a long, slow run of nothing special, with a whole lot of waiting. The first day, Sunday the 26th, is a total write-off – zero swell, just a clean, cross-off breeze doing nothing for us. The water's sitting at 80°, which is bang on average for this time of year, so at least that's not a shock.

Then Monday the 27th teases us a bit. We get a 6ft NE swell rolling in with a period of 7 seconds, so a short, weak windswell. The combined energy is only moderate at 301. It's clean in the morning with cross-off winds, but the surf forecast itself is marginal. That might be our best shot in this whole window, but it's hardly a standout. The afternoon swings cross and drops to 5ft, but it gets chopped up.

From Tuesday the 28th onwards, it's pretty grim. Tuesday morning sees 4ft of NNE swell with a cross wind and risk of thunderstorms – not worth paddling out for. The rest of the week into the first days of August is a desert. We get tiny bumps of 1ft to 2ft and onshore or cross-off winds, with combined energy values often in the single digits (12, 14, 9) – that's weak energy with a capital W. The wind is also howling from the ENE at 19 to 22 mph for several days over the first weekend of August, which will just blow anything flat.

Look, there is one little blip of interest way out there. On Wednesday the 29th of July, in the afternoon, an 8ft NE swell arrives with a 10-second period. That's a solid size, pushing into "experts only" territory. The combined swell energy hits 1177, which is very strong. But the wind is a light cross-onshore, messing with the shape. The surf quality is still called marginal. If you're an advanced surfer and you're desperate, you might find a couple of big, messy ones, but don't get your hopes up. The direction is NE, but the optimum for Himalayas is NW, so it's not wrapping in perfectly.

After that, it's a long, flat slog. From the end of July right through to the end of the forecast on August 10th, we're basically stuck with knee-high slop. The swell direction swings around to the N, then W, and even WNW with a very long period of 16 seconds by August 9th, but the height is a pathetic 1ft and 2ft. The combined energy is back up to 140 and 267, showing there's some deep-water energy, but it's just not showing up on the reef. A 16-second period swell like that on a beach break would be tough, but on a reef it might have offered a few clean lines if there was any size, but there just isn't.

So, the honest truth is there is no true standout. Monday the 27th morning is probably the best of a bad lot, and possibly the Wednesday afternoon pulse for the brave. Otherwise, you're looking at a solid two-week lull with some tiny, clean waves for the longboard on the best days. It's a pretty poor run, but that's how it goes sometimes. Hang in there, and check back in a week.

Rusty.

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