Indicator Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's break this down again but in the old scale. Rusty's back, this time in feet and Fahrenheit.

So we're looking at a long fallow period. Most of the next two weeks is rubbish or flat, so don't get your hopes up until we get much later in the forecast.

The window opens on the morning of Tuesday the 28th of July at Indicator (reef and point). The water temp is about 71°F, which is a hefty 6°F warmer than normal for this time of year – we'll take it. There’s a 3ft swell coming from the SW with a period of 17 seconds. That's a serious, long-period groundswell cranking with an energy reading of 624. The morning wind is a light cross-offshore out of the SW at about 6 mph, so things should be glassy and clean. For a reef and point, this long period is what you want – it’ll wrap in with some real punch. It's a consistent spot but you might have to share the peak as it gets busy sometimes. That's the one session to mark on the calendar.

What about everything else? Nearly two weeks of nothing. Some mornings have light offshore wind but the swell is tiny, like 1ft or less, with weak energy. On the morning of Friday the 24th of July we see a little SE offshore at 9 mph, but it's on a 0.6ft swell with a 6-second period. Not worth suiting up. Even the mornings of the 26th and 27th of July have glassy conditions, but the energy just isn't there.

Right after the Tuesday peak on the 28th, conditions go downhill fast. The afternoon gets messy with cross-onshore winds. The 29th and 30th of July offer some 2ft waves at best with light cross-offshore winds and moderate energy (113-202). It's surfable, but it’s ordinary. Then, from the end of July into the beginning of August, we're back to micro swell, 1ft to 2ft and choppy onshore slop.

Bottom line: you're waiting for that Tuesday the 28th of July morning at Indicator. It's the only day in the next 16 with any real size, decent direction, and clean wind. Everything else is flat or frustrating.

Rusty.

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