Pilgrim Avenue Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Pilgrim Avenue over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you right from the jump – this stretch is looking pretty flat and ordinary for the most part. We're in for a long, slow run of small, crummy swell with onshore winds, so don't expect much for a while.

Let's wade into it. Starting this Friday afternoon (24th July), we've got a tiny 2ft S swell rolling in, but a SSE cross-breeze has got it all chopped up and messy – it's a no-go. Saturday and Sunday (25th-26th) barely offer any hope; we’re stuck with small 3ft ESE/SE swells, but it's all onshore and cross-onshore, so it's just gonna be a bumpy, poor surface. Water temps are sitting about average for the time of year at 69°, so nothing wild there.

Monday morning (27th July) finally gives us a flicker. The swell is still tiny at 2ft, but we get glassy conditions with an E breeze at 3 mph. It's clean, but there's simply no energy to work with. The combined swell energy is a weak 45. You might see a ripple, but that's about it. Late Monday afternoon improves a bit with a clean cross-offshore breeze and a 2ft swell, but again, it's gutless. The same story continues through Tuesday (28th) with cross-shore winds and small, weak surf.

Now, here’s the only real standout in this whole outlook. Wednesday the 29th of July. In the morning, we get a jump in size to 6ft from the ESE with glassy conditions (N 3 mph). The combined energy climbs into the moderate range at 244. That's the best-looking morning of the whole period, with clean, glassy conditions on a building swell. Then in the afternoon, it gets even more powerful. The swell drops a touch to 6ft, but it shifts to a short-period ENE windswell (5 seconds) and the energy rockets to a very strong 433. With a NNW cross-offshore breeze, it's going to be a punchy, clean afternoon. This is your best opportunity for a session – it won't be long-period groundswell with those long lulls, but it'll be firing for a reef and point setup like this when it's on.

The rest of the run is a real mixed bag with ordinary quality. Thursday (30th) has a clean 3ft S swell, but the energy (249) is moderate and the conditions are just "ordinary." Friday (31st) offers a tiny 3ft S swell with offshore winds, but again, too small to get excited about.

Then we hit a massive gap. From Saturday the 1st of August right through to Tuesday the 5th, it’s all poor surf conditions with weak energy (mostly under 100) or small, marginal stuff. There's a slight bump on Monday the 3rd with 4ft to 4ft S swell and moderate energy (280), but it's under a moderate cross-offshore breeze, so it'll be clean but hardly inspiring.

The final bit of interest pops up on Thursday the 6th of August. The morning brings a 6ft SSW swell with a clean offshore W breeze at 9 mph and good energy (246). That’s a promising setup, but it's a long way out, so treat it as a hopeful maybe. The afternoon goes onshore and turns marginal, so the window is tight. After that, it's back to tiny 3ft and smaller, poor conditions all the way out to the end of the run on Saturday the 8th.

So, to wrap it up: the best window by far is Wednesday the 29th of July, with the morning glass and afternoon punch being the clear standouts. Thursday the 6th of August is a distant second, a long-range possibility. For the rest, you're better off taking a break.

Rusty.

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