No Pass Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here, giving you the straight-up.

This is a tough stretch for No Pass. This reef is open to the WNW, and while there’s swell coming through the whole 16 days, the wind is the problem most of the time. We’re looking at a lot of cross-on breeze, which will make the face lumpy. The water is sitting at 55°F, which is about normal for this time of year.

We kick off on Sunday, the 19th of July, with a small 3ft swell from the WNW, but the cross-on wind makes it messy. The combined energy is moderate at 635, but it’s not a good look. Monday the 20th of July is the pick of the early days. The morning is glassy, with a clean 2ft swell from the SW. The energy drops to 526, but that glassy surface makes it the best session for a quiet, clean paddle. You’ll get long lines from a 16-second period. It’s small, but it’s clean.

After that, it gets choppy again until Wednesday the 22nd of July afternoon, where we get another glassy window with a 3ft swell from the SSW. The energy is 419, and it’s a good call for an evening surf.

Then it gets rough. From Thursday the 24th of July, the swell starts to build nicely, but so does the wind. We see a jump in energy to 1060 on Friday afternoon, but it’s still cross-on and choppy. Saturday the 25th of July has a 4ft morning swell from the SSW with a massive 1474 energy, but moderate cross-on winds ruin it. For the whole week from the 26th of July to the 1st of August, it’s a bust – poor conditions with fresh cross-on winds and lumpy sea. The swell gets over 5ft, which is too big for beginners, and the wind is just nasty.

The one bright spot is Saturday the 1st of August afternoon. The wind goes glassy, and we get a 5ft swell from the NW. It’s a short 9-second period, so it won’t have the grunt of a groundswell, but for this run, a glassy 5-footer is a real treat. The energy is moderate at 440.

The final days into the 3rd of August get bigger, with a 8ft morning swell on Monday the 3rd, but it’s still cross-on and short period. That’s expert-only size, but the wind is a letdown again.

So, bottom line: if you want a paddle, your best bets are the glassy mornings on Monday the 20th of July and Wednesday the 22nd of July. For a bigger, cleaner wave, the standout is the glassy afternoon on Saturday the 1st of August. It’s not a classic run, but there are a couple of good ones in there.

Rusty.

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