Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. I’ve had a good look at the charts for the next sixteen days, and honestly, it’s a grim picture for the Reef. The wind is a problem from start to finish, and the swell just doesn’t line up right. You’re looking at a long stretch of basically nothing worth paddling out for.

The first real chance of anything rideable pops up almost a week away, on the morning of Monday, August 4th. Even then, it’s a struggle. We’ve got a 3ft swell from the WNW with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy is moderate at 126. But the wind is onshore, light, but still onshore. It’s pretty weak sauce. The water temperature is sitting right around normal for the time of year, so no surprises there.

The next few days after that are just more of the same – messy, lumpy cross-shore winds and small, weak swell. You’ll see some moderate energy spikes (139 on the 1st of August, 306 on the 9th of August), but the wind is just too strong and in the wrong direction to make anything of it. That 5ft swell on the 9th of August looks like the biggest push, but it’s wind swell with a short period of 8 seconds, and a fresh 19 mph cross-shore wind will chop it to pieces. That’s one for the kite crew, not for us.

The only real standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Tuesday, August 12th. We’ll see a 3ft WNW swell at 9 seconds, with moderate energy (108). The wind is still cross-shore, but only a moderate breeze at 12 mph. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but it’s nothing to get excited about. The Reef is an advanced, exposed reef break that can handle a good SW swell, but we’re getting nothing from that direction.

Don’t bother with the second week. The pattern is locked in: strong, lumpy cross-shore winds and piddly little waves. It’s a blank run, and for this spot, that’s just how it goes sometimes. Forecasts can change, but right now, it’s a hard pass.

Stay patient,
Rusty

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