Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for Panoramas.

Honestly, it’s a pretty quiet outlook. We’ve got a stretch of days ahead where the ocean is mostly snoozing. There’s no big, pumping swell to get excited about. The first decent window we see is tomorrow morning, Tuesday the 15th. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best of a very small bunch.

Tuesday morning will be the pick of the entire run. The water temp is sitting at 71°, which is just about bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there. The wind is dead calm, glassy conditions. You'll find a tiny NW swell, 2ft, with a period of 11 seconds – that’s a nice, long groundswell. It’ll be small but clean, and the combined energy is a weak 69. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. If you’re desperate for a paddle, this is your time. Later Tuesday, the wind swings around to a 12 mph cross-onshore, and it’ll get chopped up, so morning is the only call.

We then roll into Wednesday the 16th. Another glassy morning, but the swell is tiny at 2ft and the period has dropped to just 8 seconds. Still weak energy (64). It’s surfable but not punchy. Wednesday afternoon picks up a bit of a NNW swell to 4ft, but a 19 mph cross-shore wind will make it lumpy and ugly.

Thursday the 17th has a morning window with glassy conditions and a small 4ft NW swell, period of 8 seconds. The energy is moderate at 160. It’s another "surfable but ordinary" call. By afternoon, it’s back to cross-shore chop. This pattern basically repeats for days. Friday morning the 18th is the same story – glassy, 3ft NW swell, with a nice 11-second period and moderate energy (216). It’s probably the second-best session, but it's still not a highlight.

After that, the outlook goes flat and messy. There’s a gap from Saturday the 19th right through until early the following week. Mornings see occasional glassy spells, but the swell is tiny – often under 2ft – and the afternoons are consistently blown out by cross-onshore winds. It’s not worth getting your hopes up. The combined energy drops into the double digits regularly.

Around Wednesday the 23rd, we see a sniff of new energy. A 1ft swell from the WNW, but the period is a very long 16 seconds. That’s a true groundswell, but it’s tiny. For a beach-and-reef setup like Panoramas, a super-long period swell on a tiny size can be a bit tricky – reefs and points handle it better. Still, it’s something to watch. The energy is moderate (146). By Thursday morning the 24th, we get another similar window: 3ft, WNW, 13-second period, glassy, with moderate energy (218). Surfable but still ordinary.

The very last day worth mentioning is Tuesday the 29th. A morning window with a clean, cross-offshore wind from the SE, and a 3ft NW swell. The period is short at 8 seconds, so it’ll be a bit weak and crumbly. Energy is moderate (152). It’s not a stand-out, but it’s clean.

Overall, there’s no pumping swell and no true standout day. The small windows are all for small-wave gear. If you’re a beginner, the swell rarely gets above 5ft, so these tiny, clean mornings are fine for you. Experts will be bored. Loyalty to Panoramas during this flat spell is a test of patience, but it won’t stay like this forever – forecasts can change.

- Rusty

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