Panoramas Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surf’s looking pretty bleak out there for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a serious flat spell on our hands, so don’t get too excited. The swell window is just not lining up, and most of the time we’re looking at dribbly, weak lines with onshore crumble.

The only real highlight in the whole stretch is the early morning of Saturday the 22nd. Through the night and into dawn, we’ll see a slight bump in groundswell from the NW. Wave heights will be around the 3 ft mark with a period pushing 7 seconds. It’s small, but that early glassy conditions are the key. The wind will be almost dead, leaving the surface of Panoramas (Bali) looking clean and inviting. It won't be a classic by any means, but it’ll be the most surfable it gets. The water temp is sitting at 71°, which is pretty much exactly where it should be for this time of year, so no shocks there.

From there, it’s a whole lot of nothing. We see a similar setup on Monday the 24th morning, again with clean 3 ft waves and glassy conditions, but just as small and weak. It's a deja vu of the 22nd, but with that energy lower.

Then there’s another wait. The next time we see anything that could even be called a wave is on Sunday the 30th. The swell bumps up to 4 ft with that period stretching out to 8 seconds, and the combined energy will finally hit a more moderate 156. The morning glass will be there again, but it's still just a marginal, ordinary day. The difference is that NW swell has a touch more push to it, but it's still not enough to get the heart racing.

So, the honest truth is this: we’ve got one morning on the 22nd that's the pick of a very poor bunch. if you’re desperate for a paddle, that’s your window. The rest of the time, the kites are going to have more fun than us.

Rusty.

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