Hooks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s on the table for the Hooks. Straight up, this is going to be a hard slog. The next week or more is looking pretty flat and messy, so we're in for a long, quiet stretch.

The water temp is 84°, which is exactly average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real sniff of anything doesn’t come until Sunday the 2nd of August. We’re looking at a late-morning window with a small 3 ft swell from the SE, with a period of 8 seconds – just a short-period wind swell, but it’s the biggest we’ll see on offer. Combined energy is weak, reading 99. The wind will be light and clean out of the WSW in the morning, so the face should be smooth. But let’s be real, it’s small, inconsistent, and the overall quality is "ordinary." It’s a beginner-level wave, and with crowds described as "sometimes," you might find a bit of company. This is the absolute best of a quiet period.

After that, Monday morning the 3rd of August has similar 3 ft swell from the SE (period 6 secs) with clean offshore wind from the WNW. Combined energy is only 49. It's surfable, but you'll be scratching for waves.

For the rest of the outlook, there’s really nothing else worth paddling out for. We get a little flare of 3 ft swell on Wednesday the 5th of August from the SSE, but that one's glassy in the morning (wind NW at 3 mph, period 5 seconds). It’s still tiny. Everything else until the 9th of August is flat to knee-high with onshore chop, cross-shore junk, or just plain poor conditions. There’s a gap of almost a full week between Tuesday the 4th and Sunday the 9th with nothing recommended.

If it’s clean and small, it’s a beginner’s playground. But honestly, this is a grim run. It’s not unusual for the area to have blank spells like this – the forecasts change, but for now, you’re better off saving the wax.

Rusty.

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