Moonlight Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up with you about Moonlight Beach for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day window, it’s a pretty bleak run for decent waves around here. We’ve got a serious stretch of nothing much to get excited about, and a lot of days where you’re better off doing something else. The forecast shows a big gap of poor conditions right through until about the 12th of July before we see a glimmer of something.

Kicking things off from Friday the 3rd, it’s a write-off. We’ve got a clean 3ft swell coming from the SSW, with a long 16-second period, which usually means nice shaped waves, but the wind is howling straight onshore from the West at 6 to 9 mph. The water is sitting at 69°, which is a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, but that’s about the only good thing. The combined energy is weak at 429, and the wave comment says it all: poor conditions. It’s just a messy, choppy lineup.

This same story basically plays out day after day. Saturday the 4th and Sunday the 5th are more of the same – onshore wind, poor surf, with combined energy staying around 473 to 506 (weak). The swell holds around 3ft to 3ft, but the wind just ruins it.

We get a bit of a tease on the morning of Tuesday the 14th of July, the one little standout. The wind swings light and offshore from the SE at 6 mph, and the wave state is reported as “clean.” Swell is small, only 2ft from the SSW, with a 13-second period. The combined energy is low at 241. It’s not going to be firing, but those clean conditions with an offshore breeze are rare in this outlook. You might get a few little peelers. The crowds here are listed as “sometimes,” so you might have a few others with the same idea.

That good window is super short though. By the afternoon of the 14th, the wind swings onshore again from the SSW at 12 mph, turning it choppy, and the swell drops to 2ft. After that, it’s back to the poor conditions and small swell through to the end of the outlook on the 18th of July. The swell really goes flat, down to 1ft to 2ft with the combined energy dropping to around 216 – you’d be hard-pressed to even get wet.

Because the wind is mostly onshore and the swell stays small, and Moonlight is a beach break, this setup honestly looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of this period.

So basically, you’ve got a long dry spell until a brief, clean morning on Tuesday the 14th of July, but even that’s a marginal session for a small wave. It’s a tough forecast for this area. But hey, it tends not to stay this poor forever – forecasts can change, so don’t give up completely.

Rusty

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