Onrus Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. It’s Rusty here, looking at the next stretch for Onrus. This is a reef set-up that needs a solid SW groundswell to get going, and we’ve got a decent window of that coming up. It’s inconsistent by nature, so you gotta pick your moments, but when it lines up, it’s got that classic reef power.

The week kicks off proper on Wednesday the 5th. We’re looking at a solid 7ft SW groundswell with a long 16-second period. That’s real energy pushing in, and the combined energy is a solid 1986. The NW wind is offshore, keeping things clean. This is top-tier stuff for experienced surfers, so if you’ve got the skills, this is your morning. The afternoon bumps up slightly to 7ft, but the wind swings NW at 22 mph, making it fresh and a bit more of a handful.

Now, hold on. Thursday the 6th and Friday the 7th, the swell jumps to a solid 10ft. The data is clear: that’s just too big for this break. It’s going to be a washing machine. We need to let that pulse settle.

Saturday the 8th is where it gets interesting again. The morning has a 8ft SW swell with a 13-second period and a light W cross-offshore wind. Surf is clean and firing, another one for the experienced crew. The afternoon, the swell pushes back to 10ft, which is again getting too unruly for a good time here.

Sunday the 9th is a complete write-off. We’ve got a 12ft to 13ft swell with strong S/SSE cross-onshore winds at 25 mph. That's stormy, messy, and dangerous. The combined energy is screaming at 7019. Don’t even bother looking at the ocean; it’s for kites, not paddles.

The start of the next week, Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th, is more of the same bad news. Big, wind-blown slop with onshore and cross-onshore winds. The energy drops but the quality is gone. We need to wait this out.

Things start to settle down from Wednesday the 12th through Friday the 14th. The swell backs off to the 5ft to 6ft range, but the period is still long, 15-18 seconds. It’s marginal and a bit inconsistent, but we get a few windows of lighter winds. Then, on Friday the 14th, it’s magic. The wind goes glassy, and we’ve got a clean 5ft WSW groundswell with a 13-second period. It’s small, but it will be perfect, glassy reef surf. This is the call for the longboard or a big fish.

Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th are similar, small and clean in the mornings with the glassy conditions, but the swell is fading a bit. It’s not big, but it’s rideable and fun.

Here’s where things get real. On Monday the 17th, we see a new SW pulse at 7ft with a 14-second period. The wind is light, cross-offshore, and the surf is clean. This is another standout day, back to that proper reef power, but for experienced surfers only. Tuesday the 18th backs off a touch to a clean 5ft.

The last few days of the window on the 19th and 20th are a mixed bag. There’s some size, but the wind and energy aren’t consistent. The morning of the 19th has strong offshore winds, which can make it hard to get into.

So, the standouts? It’s a toss-up between the clean 7ft on Wednesday morning the 5th and that glassy 5ft on Friday the 14th. The 5th has the size and power; the 14th has the perfect, clean conditions. Both are worth calling in sick for.

Stay safe out there.

Rusty.

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