Nyang-Nyang Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's get into it. Rusty here, and I'm lookin' straight at the surf ahead for Nyang-Nyang.

Right off the bat, I gotta be real with you – this stretch we've got comin' up is a tough one. We're talkin' a solid run of days where the ocean's just not playin' ball. There are no standout options here, no hidden gem of a session to circle on the calendar. The whole 16-day window is pretty much a wipeout for quality surf.

The first decent swell we see rolls in on Wednesday afternoon, 15th July. It's a solid 6ft SSW groundswell, with a long 16-second period – that's a lot of energy in the water, around 1965 (moderate to strong) in combined energy. But the wind is the killer. It's blowin' cross-on from the ESE at 16 mph, messin' up the surface, making it choppy. Conditions are just poor.

Thursday the 16th keeps the same story: a 5ft SSW swell with a 15-second period, giving us heaps of energy (1004), but that fresh cross-onshore wind at 19 mph keeps it lumpy. No good.

Friday the 17th to Saturday the 18th? The swell drops a touch, but the wind sticks around from the ESE and SE, 16 to 19 mph, cross-on. The water's choppy and lumpy. The swell period on Saturday dips to 14 seconds, and the energy drops to around 1091, but that doesn't save it.

Now, come Monday the 20th, we see a real spike in size. A 7ft SSW swell hits, with a very long 17-second period. The combined energy jumps way up to 2895 (strong to very strong). But again, it's all ruined by a fresh cross-onshore wind. For a reef break like Nyang-Nyang, that cross-on wind just kills the face. This much swell with this wind is honestly lookin' more interesting for kite surfing than paddlin' a surfboard.

For the rest of the window, from Tuesday the 21st all the way through to Wednesday the 30th of July, the pattern holds. Swell hangs around between 3ft and 7ft, mostly from the SSW or SW, with some short-period SE windswell sneaking in on the 27th and 28th (periods of 7-8 seconds). But the wind never lets up. It's a constant barrage of fresh breeze from the ESE or SE, almost always cross-on, keepin' the surface lumpy and chopped out. A couple of mornings on the 25th and 26th show "cross" winds, not cross-on, but it's still a fresh breeze and the forecast says the conditions are marginal at best.

Water temp is sitting at 80°F with a zero anomaly, so it's bang on average for the time of year – one of the few things not fightin' you.

Bottom line? There's not one single session in this 16-day forecast that I'd paddle out for at Nyang-Nyang. The swell energy is there on a few days, but the wind is relentless and wrong. If you're a beginner, stay well away when it's over 5ft, especially the 7ft day. For the experts, the 7ft day on the 20th has the power, but even they won't find a clean wave in that wind.

A tough outlook for a spot that usually has some magic. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a long, dry spell.

Rusty.

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