Pobbles Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a good look at what’s cooking for Pobbles Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, this stretch is shaping up as a long, flat spell with nothing much to get excited about. The forecast is basically a washout for paddle surfing from now right through until the end of the first week of July. There’s a solid gap with no real surf on offer until things might stir up around Sunday the 19th, but even that comes with a catch. Early on, the waves are tiny, weak, and messy, with combined swell energy barely hitting 74 (on the morning of Sunday 5th) and dropping into the single digits later. That’s some of the weakest energy you’ll see.

Pobbles Beach is an inconsistent, fairly exposed beginner’s break, but the swell direction is mainly coming from the W or WSW, and the optimum is SW, so there’s a bit of a mismatch. The water temp on that first Sunday morning was 67°F with a massive anomaly of 9°F warmer than normal—that’s very unusual for the time of year, but doesn’t help the waves.

For the first week and a bit, expect tiny, poor conditions: 1.0ft to 3ft, short-period slop around 5–9 seconds, mostly cross-shore winds, and a lot of chop. There is a brief moment on Thursday afternoon the 9th and Friday afternoon the 10th when light offshores and clean lines appear, but the swell is only 1.0–2ft—really only a longboard or a micro-skim session.

The only real standout in the whole 16-day window comes much later. On Sunday the 19th of July, the swell builds—5ft in the morning and 6ft in the afternoon, with combined energy jumping to 108 then 366—that is moderate to strong wave energy. But here’s the problem: it’s a short-period swell (5–7 seconds) and the wind is cross-onshore, so it will be choppy and junky. Monday the 20th looks a bit cleaner, with cross-offshore winds and 5ft swell, period at 9 seconds, and energy at 374, but the swell is over 5ft, so it’s starting to get too much for beginners. By then, Pobbles Beach with a beachy setup and cross-off winds might be more interesting for kite surfers than for paddle surfing. Truth is, there’s not one single day I’d call a top-notch surf session here—just a few that might be worth a look if you’re desperate, but don’t hold your breath.

Signing off — Rusty.

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