Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a quiet run ahead. The swell is small and mostly weak, so we’re not looking at anything that’s gonna get the blood pumping. The water temperature is sitting at 69°F, which is bang on average for this time of year, so at least a wetsuit isn’t gonna be a shock to the system.

The first real chance to get a wet suit on is Thursday morning, the 23rd of July. We’ve got a tiny 3ft NW swell with a period of 8 seconds rolling in at Panoramas. The combined energy is weak (84). The real story here is the wind: it’s glassy. That’s the main positive. You’ll be paddling out on a sheet of glass, but the waves are small and pretty ordinary. It’s a mellow session for a longboard or a funboard, nothing to write home about.

Friday afternoon the 24th sees a slight bump in size to 5ft from the NW, but the period is still short at 8 seconds. The energy picks up to moderate (380), but the wind is cross-onshore, making it choppy and messy. It’s a marginal call, and I’d say it’s more of a kiteboarding session than a clean paddle session.

The best of a very average bunch is Saturday morning, the 25th of July. The swell is 4ft from the NW, period 8 seconds, and the energy is moderate (176). The wind is cross-shore, not ideal, but it’s a light breeze. It’s still not great, but it’s the most surfable window in the first week. If you’re desperate, you could get a few grovelly ones.

After that, it’s a long, dry gap. From Sunday the 26th right through to the end of the month, we’ve got nothing but tiny, weak, wind-affected slop. The combined energy rarely breaks 100, and the wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore. It’s a real blank period.

We finally get a bit of a reprieve on the morning of Saturday, the 1st of August. The swell is still tiny at 2ft NW, period 8 seconds, and the energy is weak (62). But the wind is glassy – dead calm. It’s the only other glassy window in the whole forecast. The waves are small and ordinary, but if you want clean, small waves, that’s your window.

The following week, from Sunday the 2nd to Thursday the 6th of August, it’s more of the same. Small, weak NW swell, with energy mostly in the 100-150 range. The winds are a mix of clean cross-offshore and choppy cross-onshore. The morning of Monday the 3rd of August offers another glassy morning with 3ft NW swell, but again, it’s very ordinary.

Bottom line: There’s no standout swell in the 16-day window. The best calls are the glassy mornings on the 23rd of July and the 1st of August, but even then, the waves are small and weak. The only real highlight is the clean conditions, not the surf. For the rest of it, it’s a lot of small, choppy, and messy conditions. It’s a quiet spell, but it won’t last forever.

Rusty.

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