Octagon House Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the next 16 days are looking pretty flat and lifeless. There’s nothing that’s going to get you scrambling for your board. The first row of data kicks off on Wednesday the 15th of July, and from there right through to the end of the month, the waves are tiny and the wind is mostly rubbish. The best I can say is the water temperature is reading 86°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least a paddle won’t be cold.

There’s a long stretch of days here where the swell is barely a knee-high wobble, and the wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore, making it chopped out and messy. The combined swell energy is weak, reading between 14 and 75 (with most days in the teens and twenties), which tells you just how little oomph there is. The period is short, mostly 4 to 7 seconds, so there’s no power or shape to speak of. About the only silver lining is a few glassy mornings – like Wednesday the 22nd, Thursday the 23rd, and Friday the 24th of July – where the wind drops to nothing, but the swell is only 1.0ft to 2ft from the SSE or S. That’s barely a ripple, and the wave comment itself says “poor surf conditions” every single time.

For a beginner at Octagon House (Octagon), the water is warm and the crowds are sometimes, which is a small plus. The break is fairly consistent, but with nothing to work with, that doesn’t matter. The swell direction is from the SSE or S, which is not a bad match for the optimum SE direction, but the size is just too small. Even the very few glassy periods won’t produce a wave worth paddling for.

The whole 16-day window is a blank run. There’s not a single standout or even a mediocre session on offer. If you’re hoping for anything, you’ll need to wait for the forecasts to change, because this is one of those quiet spells that just happens sometimes.

Rusty.

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