Hooks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. This is a tough 16-day forecast for Hooks. The pickings are slim, and there’s no standout, world-class day on offer. We’re looking at a long stretch of small, weak, and often messy surf. The best you can hope for is a few windows of clean, rideable but very ordinary waves. Don’t expect any heroics.

The first solid recommendation doesn’t kick in until Saturday morning, 12 July. We get a tiny 2ft swell from the SE, with a short 8-second period. The energy is weak (41). The south-west wind is light and cross-offshore, keeping the surface clean. It’s surfable, but you’ll be working for scraps. That afternoon, the wind swings to the SSE and picks up, making it choppy and cross-shore. Not worth it.

Monday morning, 14 July, is a repeat of the same small, clean conditions. A 2ft SE swell, still only 9 seconds, with light west-south-west cross-offshore wind. The wave energy is a bit higher (49), but it’s still very ordinary. The water temperature is about a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, sitting around 86°.

The best window in the whole forecast actually comes a little later, on Thursday afternoon, 16 July. The swell is still tiny at 2ft from the SE, and the period is short at 8 seconds, but the wind goes glassy. That’s a major positive. The energy is moderate (65), and for a spot like Hooks, which is exposed to the NE optimum swell, this is about as good as it gets in this flat spell. It’ll be clean, but don’t expect power.

From there, it’s a long, boring grind. The rest of the week and into the next are filled with poor surf conditions and very ordinary, small waves. There are a few more mornings with light offshore winds and clean faces, like Saturday morning 19 July (2ft, 5 seconds, glassy) and Monday morning 21 July (2ft, 6 seconds, offshore), but the swell is almost non-existent. The energy values are all in the teens or low 20s, which is very weak.

Even the tail end of the forecast, around Sunday 26 July, shows a slight bump to 3ft from the ESE with a 7-second period and a moderate offshore wind. The energy is 62, which is the highest we’ve seen, but it’s still a far cry from good surf. It’s just the best of a bad bunch.

So, the honest truth? If you’re desperate for a paddle, the glassy Thursday afternoon (16 July) or the clean Saturday morning (12 July) are your best bets. For anything more, you’re going to be waiting a long time. The entire second week is essentially a washout with no notable swell. The break is fairly consistent, so it tends not to stay this poor for long, but this run is a real test of patience.

Rusty.

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