Ngor Lefts Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Ngor Lefts.

First off, the water’s sitting at a warm 81°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Now, the honest truth for the next week and a bit is pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing special to write home about. From Wednesday the 8th right through until the morning of Sunday the 12th, it's a mix of ordinary to poor conditions. The wind is predominantly cross or cross-off, but the swell is small and weak, with combined wave energy barely cracking three digits (271 at best) and most of it sitting under 150. You’ll be scratching for a wave.

Things get a tiny bit more interesting from Sunday the 12th onwards. The swell stays marginal, but the winds do lighten up. The best bet in this whole 16-day window looks like Wednesday the 15th of July. That morning you’ve got light winds from the WSW, maybe 6 mph, holding the cross-off line, and the swell bumps up to 5 ft from the NW. It’s a short period (8 seconds), so it won’t have much grunt, but the combined energy hits 237 (moderate), and the report says to expect good surf conditions that day. The afternoon gets even better with a 5 ft NW swell (306 energy) and a clean offshore breeze from the SW. That’s the standout. It’s still a short-period swell, so it’ll be a bit crumbly, but for Ngor Lefts on a clean day, that’s as good as it gets in this forecast.

Thursday the 16th has a bit of promise too, with a tiny 2 ft south-west groundswell hitting in the afternoon (19-second period, 376 energy). That’s a very long period, which at a reef like Ngor Lefts could actually line up and wrap in with some proper shape, but it’s tiny, so it’ll just be for the loggers who want a long glide.

After that, it’s back to choppy cross-shore wind and small, weak swell right through to the 23rd. Nothing else is worth pulling on a wetsuit for. For beginners, the best swell is a touch over 5 ft on the 15th, which is getting a little on the big side, but the clean conditions would make it manageable in the smaller sets. For experts, there’s nothing over 8 ft, so everyone’s in the same boat.

Signing off, Rusty.

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