Onrus Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s break down the next couple of weeks at Onrus. The early part is a bit slow, with a gap from July 31st through August 2nd that’s mostly marginal, so don’t rush. Then things ramp up.

Friday July 31st: morning has some clouds, a gentle cross-shore breeze from the ENE at 9 mph. Swell is a weak 3.6 ft from the SW, period 12 seconds, combined energy 387 – weak. Marginal. The afternoon gets worse with cross-onshore wind and chop. Leave it.

Saturday August 1st: clear, but the morning is still marginal. Swell 3.6 ft from the SW, period 14 seconds, energy 548 – moderate. Light NE wind at 3 mph, cross-shore. Afternoon is messy with onshore wind.

Sunday August 2nd: clear. Morning gets a clean offshore breeze from the NW at 3 mph, swell 3.6 ft from the SW, period 13 seconds, energy 447. Clean but small. Afternoon is glassy, light SW wind at 3 mph, swell 4.3 ft from the SW, period 12 seconds, energy 605. That’s a good little window.

Standout days start Monday August 3rd. Monday morning: glassy, clear, 4.9 ft SW swell, period 14 seconds, energy 915. Wind is light WSW at 3 mph, glassy. This is the best on offer – clean, building, and the reef will love it. Afternoon stays glassy with 5.6 ft SW swell, period 13 seconds, energy 996. Great session, intermediate-friendly, crowds only sometimes.

Tuesday August 4th: morning clean with cross-offshore W wind at 6 mph, swell 4.6 ft from the SW, period 11 seconds, energy 513. Good. Afternoon has stronger WSW wind at 12 mph, cross-off, 5.9 ft WSW swell, period 11 seconds, energy 769 – still clean.

Wednesday August 5th to Thursday August 6th: swell gets big. 9.8 ft to 13.1 ft from the SW and WSW, massive energy readings like 4024, 4394, 5129, 7265. That’s strong to very strong. Wind is offshore or clean, but at 9.8 ft and over, it’s for experts only. The reef will be a beast.

Friday August 7th: morning glassy, calm, 8.2 ft SW swell, period 13 seconds, energy 2549. Clean and powerful for experienced surfers. Afternoon gets a light cross-onshore wind, a bit rippled.

Saturday August 8th: glassy morning and afternoon, swell dropping from 7.5 ft to 6.6 ft SW, period 12 seconds, energy 1468 to 1092. Excellent for experienced surfers, crowds only sometimes.

Sunday August 9th: morning offshore WNW at 9 mph, 6.6 ft WSW swell, period 11 seconds, energy 926 – clean. Afternoon gets stronger wind, a bit blown.

Monday August 10th: morning clean with 8.2 ft SSW swell, period 11 seconds, energy 2325 – big for the reef, cross-off N wind at 16 mph. Afternoon even bigger at 9.8 ft, experts only.

Tuesday August 11th: morning clean with 8.2 ft S swell, period 9 seconds, energy 1520 – shorter period, walled up, but clean. Afternoon gets cross-onshore wind, rippled.

Wednesday August 12th: morning marginal, but afternoon is excellent – 4.9 ft SW swell, period 13 seconds, energy 1017, clean cross-off wind. Good for intermediates.

Thursday August 13th: morning marginal with cross-onshore wind, 5.2 ft SW swell, period 14 seconds, energy 1057. Afternoon poor with onshore wind.

Friday August 14th: mostly poor, cross-onshore winds and chop. Morning is a write-off, afternoon marginal.

Saturday August 15th: morning glassy

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