Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the menu for Pilgrim Avenue over the next couple of weeks. It's a bit of a slow burner, to be honest, but there are a couple of windows that’ll get the heart pumping.

We kick off on July 7th, and honestly, it's a flat start. Tuesday is a write-off with fresh cross-onshore winds and lumpy, poor surf. Not worth wetting a wetsuit for. The water's sitting at 70°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.

Things take a sharp turn for the better on the morning of Wednesday, July 8th. We’ve got a nice 5ft easterly swell rolling in with an 8-second period. The combined swell energy is a solid moderate (402) and the wind is glassy – absolute perfection. This is your standout window for clean, fun waves at this reef and point setup. That’s the one to be out there for.

After that, the swell drops off a cliff. From Thursday, July 9th, right through to July 14th, we are in a major lull. There are days with 0.7ft to 2ft of weak, short-period swell, and the winds are mostly messy or straight onshore. You're looking at a good week of flat, unrideable conditions.

We get a little pulse back on July 15th. The morning brings 5ft from the southwest with a glassy surface again, and energy picks up to moderate (317). It’s worth a look, but it's a one-morning wonder as the wind swings onshore later.

July 16th and 17th are more of the same – clean but tiny. You’d be surfing ankle-biters.

Now, here’s the real payoff for the patient. A week out, on July 19th, we start to see a serious uptick. Sunday the 19th is building, with 8ft to 10ft of swell from the south-southwest. The combined energy is going strong (539 to 1187). The winds are clean, cross-off, but at 10ft, this is getting into expert-only territory. It’s a big, powerful ocean.

But the absolute standout of the entire forecast is Monday, July 20th. We get an early morning 8ft southerly swell with a 10-second period, very long-period energy, and near-glass conditions. With the combined wave energy sitting at a massive 1273, this is a serious groundswell. This kind of long-period swell can break a bit straight at a beach break, but Pilgrim Avenue is a reef and point, so it should handle it beautifully. This is a big-wave day for experienced surfers only. If you’ve got the skills, this is your day.

The tail end of the forecast into July 22nd sees the swell backing off again, with smaller, cleaner but ordinary waves.

So, to boil it down: get out early on the 8th, check the 15th morning, and circle July 20th in big red pen. That’s the one you wait for.

Rusty.

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