Leffingwell Landing Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on offer. The standout here is Leffingwell Landing, a reef break, and it’s the only game in town for the next couple of weeks. Don’t expect much to start with – we’ve got a few days of messy, choppy conditions before anything really comes together.

The water is sitting at 57°F, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, about 3°F off the average. Grab a decent spring suit.

Thursday the 9th is a write-off. Strong cross-on winds and a weak, short-period swell with combined energy of only 925 (moderate) mean it’s choppy and poor. Friday the 10th is a little better, with a 8ft NW swell (moderate energy of 1494) but still cross-on winds, so it stays messy. Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th see the swell drop to 3ft, but the wind goes light and variable, even glassy at times. This is where it gets interesting for the patient surfer. That 3ft SSW swell has a long period around 14-15 seconds, so it’s proper groundswell with good shape, but it’ll be a bit fat and straight at a beach break. However, Leffingwell is a reef, so it will handle that long period nicely, offering clean, lined-up waves. Light winds and clean conditions. The combined energy stays moderate (around 454-581). This is your best bet for the week.

Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th are similar, with small 3ft swell and onshore winds creeping back in for the afternoons, making it choppy. The mornings are still clean. The swell bumps up to 5ft on Tuesday morning (moderate energy of 670), but the wind stays light onshore, so it’s not a standout.

From Wednesday the 15th, we get a bigger, more powerful push of swell. A 7ft NW swell on Wednesday morning (strong energy of 1161) but with a cross-on breeze, so it’s lumpy. This is getting into the size range that’s only for experienced surfers, over 8ft on the sets. The period is short at 8 seconds, so it’s a windswell, not the cleanest. Thursday the 16th is similar, with 6-6ft (moderate energy of 739) and still onshore winds.

Then we hit a long, quiet spell. From Friday the 17th right through to Monday the 21st, the swell drops back to 2-3ft, with combined energy falling from 601 down to a weak 80. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-on, so the surf is poor to marginal at best. A big gap of several days with no real recommendation.

There’s a glimmer on Tuesday the 22nd afternoon. A 3ft SSW swell (moderate energy of 481) with a cross-offshore wind from the SSE. That’s a clean condition for Leffingwell Landing. The period is 14 seconds, so it’s a good groundswell, and the wind is light. This is a proper, clean session. After that, the last few days of the outlook (23rd-24th July) are back to small, choppy, poor conditions.

So, the best on offer is clearly the weekend of the 11th and 12th, with those small, clean, long-period groundswell waves under light winds. And then a promising, cleaner window on the afternoon of the 22nd. The rest is a bit of a battle with the wind, or just flat. For the advanced crew, the bigger, lumpy days on the 15th and 16th might be worth a paddle, but the wind will be a pain.

Stay patient, and keep an eye on the long-range for that 22nd.

Rusty.

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