Roads End Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it for Roads End.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for Roads End. We’ve got some swell on the charts, but the wind is almost always working against us, and the quality just isn’t there for most of the run. Let’s break it down.

We kick off on Thursday the 9th of July with some small, long-period groundswell coming from the SW. The swell is only 3ft, but with a 16-second period, there’s moderate energy in the water (502). The problem is a cross-shore breeze from the NNW making things a bit lumpy. Friday the 10th isn’t much better – the wind switches to a light cross-onshore, and the swell drops to 2ft. It’s small and bumpy.

Saturday the 11th sees a slight bump in size, with the swell building to 4ft from the WNW, but the period drops to 10 seconds. There’s a light cross-onshore breeze, so it’s not totally blown out, but it’s still not clean. The energy is moderate (551). Honestly, for the first week, nothing is really standing out. The wind is almost always onshore or cross-shore, and the waves are either small or a bit messy. This is a stretch where you’d be better off waiting for a better day.

The middle of the week, from around the 14th to the 16th, we get a bit of a mixed bag. The 14th has a light onshore wind and 3ft to 4ft swell, but it’s a short-period windswell. The 16th brings a very long-period groundswell (19 seconds) from the WNW, but it’s tiny at 2ft. The energy is moderate (584), but with that long period and a cross-shore breeze, it’s going to be hard to catch anything worthwhile.

Now, the one day that catches my eye is Saturday the 18th of July. The afternoon looks like the best chance we’ve got. We see a jump in size to 5ft from the NW with a 10-second period, and the combined energy hits 999 – that’s getting into the high end of moderate. It’s still a cross-shore breeze, but the tide might line up. This is the only time in the whole 16-day window where the size gets close to being decent. It’s still not perfect, but it’s the standout.

The following week, from the 19th onward, we’re back to small, weak, and messy. The swell drops back to 2ft or 2ft, and the wind stays cross-shore or onshore. The energy readings are low, mostly in the 200s and 300s. There’s a brief spike on the 24th of July with a 6ft NW swell (8-second period), but with a cross-shore breeze and a moderate energy of 520, it’s going to be a choppy, lumpy mess. Not one for the log.

Bottom line: This is a tough run. The wind is almost never offshore, and the swell is either too small, too short-period, or blown out. The only window that might offer a half-decent session is the afternoon of Saturday the 18th. Get it if you can, but don’t expect perfection.

Rusty.

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