Mavericks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you—this outlook for the next couple of weeks is a real mixed bag, and honestly, it's mostly a waiting game. We're looking at a long stretch of mediocrity, with only a couple of fleeting moments that might get your blood pumping.

We kick off on Thursday, July 30th, and straight away, it's a bit of a letdown. The morning at Mavericks is a tease. There's a solid long-period groundswell from the SSW at about 3ft, but the period is a meaty 16 seconds, which is great for the reefs here. The wind is light and onshore from the WNW, so it's clean. The water is sitting at 61°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so you won't need the thickest rubber. But the combined energy is decent at 612, and it's just... marginal. The tide is doing something wrong, and the score is a total dud. By the afternoon, it's a write-off with a cross-onshore breeze and poor surf.

Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st of August follow the same pattern: mornings with a bump of swell around 6ft to 6ft from the WNW, but the wind is cross-on, and the period is short, around 8 seconds. It's choppy, it's messy, and it's not worth your time. The combined energy jumps up to 728 on Friday morning, but the conditions just aren't there.

Now, Sunday the 2nd of August is the first real standout. The morning session offers our best bet. There's a solid 6ft swell from the WNW, with a period of 9 seconds, and the wind is light and onshore from the West. The combined energy is a moderate 689. It's still rated as marginal, but it's the highest score of the whole run so far. The setup looks more interesting for a paddle than a kite. The afternoon gets a bit bigger, with 7ft of WNW swell, but the energy jumps to 1552, and the cross-onshore wind ruins it. It'll be a washing machine.

Monday the 3rd of August is another morning to keep an eye on. The swell is 6ft from the WNW, but the period stretches to 10 seconds, and the wind is a clean cross-shore from the SSW. The combined energy is 710, and it's the best of the whole period. The score is a 2, which is the highest we see. This is the one. Get out there early, because the afternoon drops off.

After that, it's a slow bleed. From Tuesday the 4th of August all the way through to Tuesday the 11th of August, the surf is poor. The swell drops from 5ft down to 3ft, the winds are mostly cross-onshore or light, and the scores are all zeros. It's a week of flat, choppy, or just plain bad surf. The energy levels drop into the low hundreds, barely a whisper.

Then there's a glimmer on Wednesday the 12th of August. A new, long-period groundswell from the SW arrives, but it's tiny at 2ft. The period is a massive 18 seconds, which is very long, but the swell is just too small to do anything with. The wind is light cross-onshore, and the energy is 534, but the score is still a 1. It's a promise of something that never arrives.

The final days from the 13th to the 15th of August are the same story: small, long-period SW swells with poor winds. It's a full 16-day window, and the only days that even come close to being worth it are the morning of Sunday the 2nd and definitely the morning of Monday the 3rd of August. That Monday morning is the pick of the bunch. After that, the forecasts are just a long gap of nothing.

Rusty.

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