Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, this is a tough one for Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie. The whole 16-day block is a bit of a mixed bag, with a lot of messy, windy, and rainy days to wade through before we get anything remotely decent. The best window is a narrow one, but it’s our only hope.

We start off with a real dud of a weekend. Friday the 17th has some 6ft to 6ft ESE swell, but it’s all short-period 7-second slop, and the SSE wind is blowing onshore at 9 to 16 mph. It’s just a mess. Saturday and Sunday get even bigger, with 7ft to 10ft on the Sunday, but the wind is still cross-onshore, and the water is chopped up. The energy is there (1876 on Sunday morning), but it’s ugly. It’s a wait-and-see situation.

Monday the 20th is a bit of a letdown too. The swell drops to 7ft, still from the E, but the wind is light and cross-onshore. It’s marginal, with a score that doesn’t spark any excitement.

Now, Tuesday the 21st is where we finally get a bit of hope. Morning session is the standout. We’ve got a clean 5ft of ENE swell with a 10-second period, and the wind is light from the NNW, coming off the land (cross-offshore). That’s clean, glassy conditions right there. The energy is moderate (590), and for a brief moment, it’s going to be really good. Afternoon gets a bit cross-shore, but the morning is the pick of the whole 16 days. The water temp is about average for the time of year, nothing wild.

The rest of the week drops off. Wednesday and Thursday are small, with 3ft to 4ft of ENE swell, but the wind stays light and mostly cross-offshore, so if you’re desperate for a knee-high wave, it’s surfable but very ordinary.

Then we hit another big lumpy patch. Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th bring a new S swell, hitting 8ft to 10ft, but the wind is a moderate cross-shore from the SW, making it messy. The energy is strong (1666), but it’s not clean. Sunday the 26th is the biggest of the bunch, with 10ft of S swell and a massive 2776 energy, but again, it’s cross-shore and lumpy. This is more for the experienced crew, and even then, it’s not pretty.

The final week fades out. It’s all small, short-period, and onshore junk. The only thing worth a mention is a brief moment of glassy conditions on the morning of the 30th, with a tiny 3ft S swell and a 3 mph westerly wind. But that’s barely a ripple.

If you’re set on a paddle, your only real shot is Tuesday morning, July 21st. It’s the one clean, lined-up window in an otherwise bleak forecast. Otherwise, the whole setup is looking more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, especially on those big windy days.

Rusty.

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