Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the table for Panoramas over the next couple of weeks.

To be honest, it's a pretty flat and quiet period overall. We're looking at a long stretch of small, uninspiring surf. The best you can really hope for are a few glassy mornings with tiny waves that are just about rideable. There’s nothing that screams "go session," but we'll take what we can get.

The water is sitting at 73°F and that's a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least the duck dives won't sting too much.

We start off Friday morning the 11th. It’s glassy with light WSW wind, and a tiny 3ft NW groundswell (combined energy 85). It’s surfable but very ordinary. That's about as good as it gets for a while.

Saturday the 12th morning offers a repeat: glassy, 3ft from the NW (69 energy). Still tiny. The afternoons get choppy, so forget about those.

There's a bit of a bump coming Sunday morning the 14th? No, wrong. Let’s be real. The next *decent* chance is Monday morning the 15th. That's a solid three-day gap of basically nothing. Monday morning sees the wind go calm and glassy, with a 2ft NW swell (65 energy). Not worth paddling for, but you could sit out there on a longboard.

Another small window pops up on Thursday the 17th morning: glassy with 3ft of short-period NW windswell (131 energy). It's still just "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions." The real kicker is that the period is only 7 seconds, so it will be crumbly and weak.

Then the best of a bad bunch arrives Sunday the 19th? No. I’d point to Wednesday the 23rd morning. After another long gap of nothing, we get glassy conditions with a 3ft NW groundswell. The period is a nice 12 seconds, and the combined energy is 191 (moderate). This is the standout. It’s clean, small but with some proper shape thanks to that longer period. It’s a point or reef setup, so that long period should wrap in nicely. The only thing holding it back is the size—it's still only 3ft. But for a longboard or a funboard, on a glassy morning, that's the session to aim for. Crowds are always possible at Panoramas, so expect some company on that one.

After that, it trails off again into tiny stuff with onshores.

So, honestly? Best bet is the morning of Wednesday the 23rd. Everything else is just a flat spell with a few tiny, glassy windows for a paddle. It's a real shame, but that's the way it shakes out sometimes.

Rusty.

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