Peppermint Grove Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, the pattern is pretty clear: we’ve got a slow, messy start that you can basically write off until Monday, July 6th. That first weekend is a total write-off with onshore winds, rain, and weak, messy surf. Not worth paddling out.

But hold on, because from Monday the 6th, things get real interesting.

The standout window – and I mean the one you circle on the calendar – is Monday the 6th through to Tuesday the 7th of July. Peppermint Grove Reef is going to be absolutely pumping. On the Monday morning, we’re looking at a solid 7.2ft of west swell with a long 16-second period from the WSW. That’s a classic groundswell pulse. Combined wave energy is strong at 2383, so there’s plenty of push. The wind? Offshore from the SE at 12 mph. That’s clean, lined-up reef waves. This is serious gear for experienced surfers – over 8ft, this is expert territory. The water temp at this time of year? It feels about average for the season around here.

The Monday afternoon holds the same quality: 7.9ft swell, still offshore from the ESE, energy bumping to 2685. Tuesday morning keeps the magic going with 6.6ft, offshore from the ESE at a light 6 mph, clean as a whistle. That’s your best bet – two full days of quality, powerful surf.

Now, there are a few other windows worth noting, but they’re not in the same league. Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th are chopped out and messy – strong onshore winds kill it. But then from Saturday the 11th of July, things clean up again. We get a nice run of cleaner conditions, with smaller but rideable swell around 4.3ft to 4.6ft from the WSW. The wind switches to a cross-offshore or even glassy light breeze on Sunday the 12th, making for really pleasant, user-friendly waves for all levels.

Then, look at Monday the 13th of July – another solid pulse. We get a 6.2ft WSW groundswell at 16 seconds, with a light offshore from the east at 6 mph. Energy hits 1841. This is another solid, clean day for experienced surfers, though a notch down from that first big window.

After that, the second week gets smaller and less reliable. There’s a glassy afternoon on Tuesday the 14th with 4.3ft waves, but the wind turns onshore again mid-week. The weekend of the 18th and 19th of July looks cleaner with a fresh S/SW breeze making for clean, smaller waves around 5.6ft to 4.3ft, but the bite is out of it by then.

So, the final call: if you want the real deal, be at Peppermint Grove Reef on Monday the 6th and Tuesday the 7th of July. That’s the highlight of the whole 16-day run. For a more relaxed, fun surf, the weekend of the 11th and 12th is your go-to. After that, it’s smaller and more fickle.

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