Honkeys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a proper look at what Honkeys has in store for us over the next couple of weeks. I won’t lie to you, it’s a bit of a grim stretch ahead.

Right from the start, the first real surf we get a look at is Tuesday, July 7th. We’ve got a 2ft SW swell rolling in with a long 15-second period. The water is sitting at a warm 84°, pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no wetsuit worries there. But here’s the kicker – the wind is hammering from the west at 12 mph, blowing straight cross-onshore. That’s just chopping everything to bits. The combined energy is low at 388, and the report says it’s poor. A total write-off for a paddle.

Wednesday the 8th, Thursday the 9th, and Friday the 10th? More of the same story. Swell stays small, between 2ft and 4ft, mostly from the SSW with periods around 14-15 seconds. That’s a nice period for a reef like Honkeys, but the wind just won’t let up. It’s stuck in that west to WNW zone, blowing cross-on at 9-12 mph. The combined energy climbs to 701 on Thursday, but it’s all for nothing with that chop. It’s a frustrating pattern.

The weekend of the 11th and 12th, we finally see the wind ease a little, dropping to 9 mph from the NW and WNW, and it goes cross-shore. The surf is still tiny though, barely 2ft to 4ft from the south, with periods dropping to 11-13 seconds. The energy is weak, under 330. The report calls it marginal at best. You might get a few bumpy ones, but it’s nothing to get excited about.

We head into the second week, and honestly, it’s a tough watch. From Monday the 13th right through to the end of the forecast on Wednesday the 22nd, the swell is a bit more present at times, hitting 5ft from the SSE on the 14th with combined energy of 760. But the wind is stubborn. It’s either cross-on from the west or eventually goes onshore from the WSW. The period drops into the 8-11 second range, which is messy for a reef. The surf quality just stays poor, with only a couple of days flagged as marginal, like the morning of the 21st.

For the entire 16 days, there isn’t a single standout session. The best on offer is probably the morning of Tuesday the 14th or the morning of the 21st, when the wind is lighter and the swell is around 4-5ft from the SSE, but even then, it’s only listed as marginal with a score of 1. The wind is never truly offshore from the NE, which is what Honkeys really wants. It’s a long, flat, and choppy outlook.

This is Rusty, signing off.

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