Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it's Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's coming our way for Panoramas, a beach and reef set-up that's fairly exposed to the swell. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year.

Right now, we've got a bit of a flat spell to start. The first chance to get wet that's even worth mentioning is Sunday morning the 30th. It's not going to be anything to write home about, but the forecast shows that in the early session we’ve got a 3ft NW groundswell with a period of 9 seconds. That's a short period swell, so the energy is a bit weak, coming in at 132 units. What makes it worth a quick look is the wind: it’s glassy. Dead calm. That'll put a nice clean face on those small, pretty ordinary waves. It's the only real window before the wind swings around.

From Sunday afternoon, things fall apart. The wind goes cross-onshore and it gets choppy, and the surf quality just drops out. We go through all of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The swell hangs around the 3 – 4ft range, but it's all plagued by poor wind conditions. It's just a run of poor surf conditions day after day. By Friday afternoon, the swell drops to 2ft with a short 7 second period, and a moderate cross-shore breeze chops it up even more.

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th are more of the same. Small swell, messy winds. The weekend is a write-off for a decent surf.

Looking into the second week, there’s still not much to get excited about. Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th see the swell drop even further, down to 2ft. There’s a brief moment on Tuesday the 8th morning where it's glassy with a tiny bit of 2ft NW swell, and it’s technically "surfable but very ordinary". That’s about the best we get – a long period groundswell at 11 seconds, but it's just too small to do much with. The combined energy is weak at 54 units.

Wednesday the 9th morning shows a little bump of hope with a clean, glassy start and 3ft of swell from the NW. The energy climbs a bit to 124 units, but the period is a mediocre 9 seconds. By afternoon, a fresh cross-shore wind from the NNW at 22 mph completely ruins it.

After that, it's a flat, windy, and disappointing end to the outlook. From Thursday the 10th right through to Monday the 14th, the swell never breaks 3ft. The wind is nearly always cross-shore or cross-onshore, keeping it bumpy. Occasionally it's clean, like Monday the 14th morning with a glassy 2ft swell, but the energy is just too weak (54 units) to make it a worthwhile paddle. Honestly, if you're looking for a real session, this stretch is a no-go.

The whole 16-day window is a bummer for surf. For the sake of picking a standout, that early glassy window on Sunday the 30th is the only one worth a mention, but don't expect much. With such consistently small, poor quality surf and strong winds later, a spot like this is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Rusty.

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