Moody Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what the next couple of weeks are shaping up like for us at Moody Point.

Honestly, it’s a pretty bleak run overall. We’ve got a long, long stretch of poor conditions staring us down. The swell is tiny and weak, and the wind is almost never our friend. It’s going to be a real test of patience.

Looking at the whole 16-day window, the only flicker of something different is on Thursday the 30th of July. That’s the one standout, but it comes with some serious caveats. We get a pulse of swell pushing in from the east, reading around 8 ft in the morning and touching 8 ft in the afternoon. That’s a solid, powerful wave, with the combined energy hitting 945 in the morning and 805 in the afternoon – that’s strong, energetic water. The period is short though, only 7 seconds, so it’s going to be a bit of a close-out, fat and quick, not the kind of wave that wraps in cleanly. For a reef setup like Moody Point, that short period and east direction aren’t the best match, but it’ll be raw power.

The wind is interesting – a solid 19 mph from the north, but blowing cross-offshore. That means it’s clean, no chop. However, with that much size and that short period, this is strictly for advanced surfers only. It’s going to be a heavy, powerful, and tricky day. Not for the faint of heart. The crowds are often around here, so expect company.

Everything else? Forget it. From Tuesday the 28th, all the way through to the end of the window, we’re looking at wave heights barely breaking 3 ft. Most days it’s 1 ft to 2 ft of weak, short-period slop. The combined energy is a joke, mostly in the single or low double digits – 70, 48, 57, 39... it’s barely enough to keep a sea lion happy. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, so it’s choppy and ugly. There is one morning on the 10th of August with a clean offshore from the WNW and a little 1 ft SE swell, but the energy is just 15 – basically nothing. You could probably ride a floatie, not a surfboard.

So to sum it up: the wait is painful. The only day with any real grunt is July the 30th. If you’re an expert and you want to get thumped, that’s your window. For everyone else, maybe pick up a different hobby for the next two weeks. It’s a blank run, but in these parts, that’s not unusual.

Stay patient.

Rusty.

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