Honkeys Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty checkin' in from the beach. Let's talk about what we're lookin' at for Honkeys over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with ya – it's a pretty grim start. We're lookin' at a gap of nearly two weeks before anything really gets our blood pumping. For days on end, the surf is just marginal at best, with a lot of poor surf conditions flagged, and scores aren't anything to write home about. The wind is just messy. It's mostly cross, cross-on, or straight onshore, choppin' up what little energy there is. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothin' weird there.

From Tuesday the 21st all the way through the end of July and into the first couple of days of August, it's a struggle. The swell is tiny – we're talkin' 2ft to 5ft from the SSE and SSW – and the period is all over the shop. The energy is mostly moderate, with numbers like 299 to 725 (kinda middlin' energy) but it just never lines up right. The wind is never clean. It's a real bummer.

Honestly, it's not until Monday the 3rd of August that we see a flicker of real promise. Even then, the conditions are still a bit grotty with that cross-onshore breeze, but the swell energy gets a serious injection. We're talkin' 5ft from the SSW with an 18-second period, and the combined energy jumps right up to 1439 (strong wave energy). That's a long-period groundswell, boys. This kind of energy at a reef break like Honkeys, which is exposed to the south, could be somethin' special if the wind cleans up. But with the wind bein' cross-on, it's gonna be lumpy and tough. This is expert territory at 5ft, but that long period is gonna make it swingy and powerful. It's a promise, but a shaky one this far out.

Then Tuesday the 4th of August is likely the real standout. The morning shows 6ft from the SSW, period of 16 seconds, and a massive combined energy of 1742 (strong wave energy). That is a big, solid swell. Honkeys likes that south direction. The problem remains the wind – a moderate cross-onshore. For the skilled crew, there will be some bombs comin' through, but it won't be a clean, perfect day. It’s definitely too big and powerful for beginners, and the crowd factor at Honkeys is "sometimes", so expect a few chargers out there for sure.

After that, Wednesday the 5th of August sees it start to back off a little, down to 4ft from the SSW but still with a decent 14-second period (749 combined energy – moderate), but that cross-onshore wind is still on it. So, in a nutshell, the first week is a write-off, but the second week, specifically Monday the 3rd through Wednesday the 5th of August, has some real, heavy potential. Don't hold your breath on it bein' perfect, but for experts, it's worth keepin' a very close eye on.

Rusty.

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