Honkeys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey, Rusty here. I've gotta be straight with you – Honkeys is staring down a pretty bleak 16-day window. This is a beginner-friendly reef break that's usually fairly consistent, but the conditions just aren't cooperating right now. The whole stretch from now through to the end of the period is filled with poor surf conditions or marginal, choppy, cross-onshore junk. There's no real stand-out session to get excited about.

Let's run through it. From Sunday July 5th through to Saturday July 18th, every morning and afternoon is a write-off – scores are zeros or ones, winds are mostly cross-onshore from the west or southwest at 9-16 mph, and the swell is tiny (1.6 ft to 3.6 ft) with a mix of short-period windswell and some longer period stuff that never lines up right. The combined energy bounces around 162 to 681 (moderate to strong), but with the wrong wind and messy sea state it doesn't matter. Even on July 9th when the energy hits 639, the wind is cross-onshore and there's risk of thunderstorms – not surfable.

The only hints of something better come around July 18th and 19th. On Saturday July 18th morning, we see a marginal call with 3.3 ft, 16s period from the SSW, and light cross-onshore wind (6 mph) – combined energy hits 614. That afternoon the wind switches to onshore light, 3.6 ft, 16s – energy 637. Still only a score of 2. Then Sunday July 19th morning is similar: 3.0 ft, 14s, light cross-onshore, energy 529. The afternoon picks up 4.3 ft from the SSE but with a shorter period of 9s and light onshore wind – also marginal. These are the "best" of the bunch, but they're still not clean. For a break that's fairly consistent, it's unusual to see such a long run of dud conditions. I'd stay optimistic – forecasts can change, and a decent swell with proper NE offshore wind would turn Honkeys on quickly. But for now, I'd keep the board in the car and wait for better.

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