Moody Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a long, hard look at what Moody Point’s got cookin’ over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with ya—this ain’t gonna be a pretty picture for most of it.

Right out of the gate, we’re looking at a long, flat spell. From now until about the middle of the month, the surf is just not there. We’re talking days of tiny, weak waves with poor conditions. There might be a tiny pulse around July 6th and 7th, but it’s blown out and messy, so don’t get your hopes up. Winds are onshore or cross-shore, and the swell just doesn’t have any grunt. The combined wave energy is weak, often in the teens or twenties (14–57), telling you there’s just nothing happening. Water temps are sittin’ around 63°F, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real sign of life doesn’t show until Wednesday, July 15th. The morning offers up a little 3ft swell from the S, with clean conditions thanks to a cross-offshore breeze from the WSW. It’s not much, but it’s surfable. By the afternoon, that swell bumps up to 4ft from the S, and the wave energy climbs a bit (119). Still, it’s a short-period swell, only 6 seconds, so the waves won’t have much push. This is the first time we see a score above zero, but it’s still just "surfable but very ordinary."

The real standout, and the only one worth circling on your calendar, is the morning of Saturday, July 18th. That’s when things finally come together. We get a solid 5ft SSE swell with a period of 7 seconds. The combined wave energy jumps up to 319, which is a very healthy bump. More importantly, the wind is a clean cross-offshore breeze from the SW, keeping the lines tidy at this exposed reef break. This is the best of the bunch, no question. Keep in mind, 5ft is gettin’ up there, so it might be a bit much for the beginners, but for the rest of you, it’s game on. The swell is coming from the SSE, which lines up nicely with Moody Point’s optimum SE direction.

Unfortunately, that window is short-lived. By the afternoon of the 18th, the wind swings onshore from the S and the conditions go to crap. The rest of the outlook fades back into small, weak, and messy surf.

So to sum it up: the first two weeks are a total write-off. Get your chores done. The one bright spot is that Saturday morning, July 18th. Don’t sleep on it, because after that, it’s back to the waiting game.

Rusty.

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