Onrus Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. The first few days are a total bust. Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st are just junk with a cross-onshore breeze and poor surf, so keep the board in the car. Saturday the 1st of August is still iffy with a cross-shore wind and questionable tide. The water’s at 60°F, which is pretty average for this time of year, nothing to get excited about.

Sunday the 2nd of August is where it starts to get interesting. The morning has a light offshore from the NW, with a clean 4ft swell from the SW, 13-second period, and moderate combined energy (424). That’s a proper groundswell and the clean conditions will make it worthwhile. The real standout is Sunday afternoon. Glassy perfection, 4ft SW swell, 12 seconds, and the energy climbs to 581 (moderate). That’s the best of the early week, and it’s going to be as clean as it gets.

Monday the 3rd of August is the big one. The swell bumps up to 5ft in the morning, with a 15-second period and combined energy of 1124 (strong), and it’s glassy with zero wind. That’s excellent surf for experienced surfers, but at 5ft and that long period, it’s too much for beginners. The afternoon is even better at 6ft, 13 seconds, and 1218 (strong energy), still glassy. This is the session you want to be in the water for. Onrus is a reef break, so that long-period groundswell will really stack up nicely.

Tuesday the 4th of August remains good, with a clean offshore wind in the morning on a 5ft SW swell, 11 seconds, moderate energy (544). The afternoon turns cross-offshore but stays clean. The swell drops a little, but still a solid session.

Now, from Wednesday the 5th of August through to about the 10th, things go nuts. The swell jumps to 10ft and then 13ft, with combined energy readings in the thousands (4511, 4394, 5095, 6780). That’s strong to very strong energy. The wind is offshore or glassy at times, but the swell is simply too big for Onrus – expert-only territory if you’re brave enough, but the forecast even says it’s too big for this break. The 5th and 6th are the biggest, with 10ft to 13ft and 15-second periods. For the average surfer, this is a pass. The conditions later in the week get hammered by onshore winds and rain, with some periods of 16ft swell and near-gale force winds – that’s kite-surfing stuff, not paddle surfing.

After that big pulse, we finally get a return to sanity on Tuesday the 11th of August. Glassy conditions again, with a 5ft swell from the SSE, 11 seconds, and combined energy of 869 (moderate). That’s very good, clean surf. The afternoon stays clean with a cross-offshore wind and 5ft swell. That’s a solid day.

The 12th and 13th of August see another massive pulse of 10ft to 13ft swell with very strong energy (4388, 5812, 6203, 13434). Again, too big for Onrus, and the 13th has a 16-second period, which is a very long groundswell that will be way too straight for a reef break unless you’re charging hard. The 14th of August is still huge, 13ft and 12ft, with strong offshore winds, but again, only for the hardcore crew.

So, the standout session is Monday the 3rd of August – glassy, 5ft to 6ft, long period, strong energy, and clean. That’s the one to circle on the calendar. Sunday the 2nd afternoon is a close second, and Tuesday the 11th is a nice return to form after the big stuff.

Rusty.

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