La Palue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I'm gonna level with you straight off the bat – for the next couple of weeks here at La Palue, it's a tough gig. We've got a long stretch of ordinary conditions ahead. The first real sniff of anything worthwhile doesn't show up until Sunday the 19th of July, so don't hold your breath this week.

The entire outlook is dominated by tiny, weak swell. The combined energy of all swells is almost always below 100 (weak), so you're looking at minimal, gutless waves most days. The water temperature is sitting at 69°, which is a huge 6° warmer than normal for this time of year – that's very unusual, and you'll feel it when you paddle out, but it's not enough to save the surf.

Let's walk through it. Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th are a write-off: tiny swell, 1 ft, with cross-on and cross winds making for a choppy mess. Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th are barely a ripple, with morning clean conditions but swell under 2 ft. The real story is a gap of poor surf for almost five days straight.

Finally, on Sunday morning the 19th of July, we get a tiny pulse. The swell lifts to a measly 2 ft from the NNW with a short period of 6 seconds, but we finally get offshore winds from the ENE at 9 mph. It's clean, but the wave comment says it best: "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." The combined energy is only 47 (weak). That's the best we've got, and it's not saying much.

Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st are more of the same. Tuesday morning actually offers a glassy 3 ft from the NNW with 6-second period, and the combined energy is 69 (weak). It's surfable, but you'll be fighting for scraps. After that, it's back to cross-onshore winds and lumpy, choppy seas right through to the end of July.

The only other thing to note is a tiny bit more energy kicking up around the 29th and 30th of July, with combined energy finally climbing into the moderate range (111 and then 163), with the swell hitting around 3 ft to 4 ft from the WNW. But the wind is either cross or cross-on at 16 mph, so it'll be messy and hard work.

Honestly, if you're keen on a paddle, Sunday the 19th morning is your best, and maybe Tuesday the 21st morning for a glassy session. Everything else is a struggle. It's a dry spell.

Rusty.

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