Horse Trails Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at what's in store for Horse Trails. It's a bit of a slow start, but once the swell kicks in, it's gonna be a wild ride, so hang onto your board.

The first part of the week is basically a write-off for anything decent. Monday morning, the 13th of July, offers a clean, glassy 3ft SSW swell, but the score is low. It's just not doing much. Monday afternoon is even less inspiring. Tuesday is a complete flat tire – poor conditions all day. We're looking at a couple of days of nothing special.

Now, where it gets interesting is Wednesday the 15th. That's when we see a proper SW groundswell arrive. Wednesday morning is firing for the experienced crew. We're talking a clean, glassy 5ft swell at a very long 16-second period from the SW, packing some serious energy. The wind is dead calm. This is where it's at for surfers who know what they're doing. The long period means the sets will have some real punch in them, and that 16-second period is going to groom the wave face beautifully for a sandbar. This is the first standout.

Thursday the 16th keeps the quality high. A glassy morning again with a solid 8ft SW swell, 13-second period, and serious energy. This is serious size for Horse Trails, still in expert territory, but the conditions are set to be excellent.

We get a bit of a messy, wind-affected spell from Friday the 17th through the weekend, but things clean up nicely again on Sunday the 19th. Sunday morning sees a clean 7ft WSW swell with a 12-second period, with a nice cross-off wind. That's a great window for some bigger, cleaner surf.

The forecast gets huge from the 21st of July onwards. Tuesday the 21st sees a massive 10ft SW swell with a 16-second period, but the file is clear it's predicted to be too big for the break. Same story on Wednesday the 22nd, the 23rd, and into the next week, with swell heights peaking at 16ft on the 26th of July. There's a window on the afternoon of the 23rd of July where it drops back to a glassy 8ft, which is excellent for experienced surfers. Then on Monday the 27th afternoon and Tuesday the 28th morning, the swell drops to a manageable and clean 8ft and 7ft respectively, with glassy conditions. Those are the second standout windows for the true experts.

Overall, the best bets are the glassy, long-period SW swells on the morning of Wednesday the 15th for a clean, powerful setup, and then the Monday 27th afternoon and Tuesday 28th morning for some slightly less massive but still high-quality, glassy conditions. For the second week, the long-range swell is massive and powerful, but the quality is there for those who can handle it.

Rusty.

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