Point Annihilation Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, lookin' at the same stretch of coast in old-school numbers.

Point Annihilation is the only spot we've got dialled in. It's a reef and point that can fire, but the next couple weeks have a big lull in the middle.

Our first real chance is Friday morning, July 3rd. We get a clean 5ft swell out of the ESE, period at 12 seconds. Water temp is 56°, running a little colder than normal. The wind is glassy out of the WNW – dead calm. That means clean, smooth faces. The wave energy is moderate at 656. Friday afternoon is similar but with a light offshore from the NE, keeping those waves open. That's your best bet early on.

Saturday the 4th is still rideable, same 5ft, but with a cross-offshore breeze. Still clean, energy drops a bit to 545.

Then it goes quiet. Sunday the 5th drops to 3ft with weak 10-second bumps and energy sinks to 203. By Monday the 6th we're essentially flat, with a tiny 0.3ft bump from the south and a weirdly long 22-second period giving only 13 energy. The wind is gusty from the NNE at 35 km/h. Totally unrideable. This dead spell lasts for several days.

We see a pulse pick up again Wednesday morning the 8th – 5ft from the ESE with energy at 817, but it's onshore with light rain. Not good.

Then it gets wild. Thursday the 9th we see a massive 13ft storm swell from the south, energy rocketing to 3583. The wind is howling onshore at 55 km/h. That's a kite-surfing day, if anything. Experts only, and even then – sketchy. Friday the 10th through Saturday the 11th holds that huge 12ft to 13ft raw energy, all cross-onshore and messy. Stay dry.

Our second real standout is Monday the 13th afternoon. The swell settles to a solid 10ft from the south, combined energy at a strong 1729. The wind goes glassy out of the NW. That's the big payoff for experienced surfers. Clean, powerful, but that size is not messing around.

Wednesday the 15th morning is another promising window. We get a 8ft swell from the SE with a nice 12-second groundswell, cross-offshore wind from the NNW, and energy at 1996. That's wrapping in clean off the optimum south direction. For the brave, that's a solid day.

From Thursday the 16th it's back to onshore junk and the swell backs off.

So, if I'm picking the winners: Friday morning, July 3rd is the one. Glassy, chest to shoulder high, and uncrowded. For the long-range big-wave crew, Monday the 13th afternoon is your target – glassy and huge. The Wednesday 15th morning is another good one, but a little less certain this far out.

Rusty.

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