Inch Reefs Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

It’s going to be a slow start, but there’s a decent little run of waves building into the second week. The first few days are pretty much a write-off, with tiny swell and poor conditions. We’re looking at a gap of about four days with no real surf on offer. Things start to get interesting from Sunday, August 2nd onward, with a modest pulse of southwest swell showing up.

The standout window looks to be from Sunday the 2nd into Monday the 3rd. The swell is still small, but the conditions are shaping up nicely. Sunday morning we’ve got glassy conditions at Inch Reefs with a 3ft southwest swell, 10-second period, and combined energy of (115). That’s a clean, weak groundswell that’s going to be super fun on the point. Sunday afternoon picks up a touch to 4ft from the southwest at 9 seconds, with a light cross-off breeze from the east, making for clean, rippable waves. The combined energy jumps to (241). This is the best of the first week.

Monday morning stays clean with a light offshore wind from the ENE and 3ft of short-period south-southwest swell (8 secs, 114 energy). It’s small but clean, and the point will be working. After that, we drop back into a long, flat spell of tiny, weak swell through the rest of the first week and into the second.

The next real highlight doesn’t appear until Tuesday, August 11th, when we get another glassy morning with 3ft of west swell, though the period is short at 7 seconds (91 energy). It’s nothing special, but it’s worth a look if you’re desperate. The real kicker comes on Wednesday, August 12th morning – glassy again, with 4ft from the west-northwest at 8 seconds (180 energy). That’s a bit more push.

But the best of the entire forecast is shaping up for Thursday, August 13th and Friday, August 14th. Thursday morning is glassy at Inch Reefs with a 5ft west swell, 9-second period, and combined energy of (461). That’s a solid, clean groundswell. Thursday afternoon gets a touch bigger at 6ft, but the wind goes cross-shore, so it’s not as clean. Friday, August 14th morning is the real gem: 6ft of west swell at 10 seconds, with a clean cross-off breeze from the north-northeast and combined energy of (705). That’s the biggest, cleanest, and most powerful swell of the whole run. It’s a bit much for beginners at over 5ft, but for the crew who know what they’re doing, that’s a proper session on the point. The long period (10 seconds) suggests the point will handle it well, and the offshore wind will keep it glassy.

Keep in mind, the longer-range stuff for August 13th and 14th is promising but less certain this far out. The near-term call for Sunday and Monday is solid.

Rusty.

Read more