Rolling Stones Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, and I've got a long look ahead for our little slice of the coast. The first solid session is locked in for this Sunday morning, the 19th of July, so we've got a few days of flat or small stuff to get through before that. After that, it's a mixed bag of some real gems and a whole lot of wind-affected slop, with a long dry spell in the middle of the week.

The standout is Sunday morning, the 19th of July. We're looking at Rolling Stones with a solid 7ft south swell, and that's a long-period groundswell at 18 seconds. The wind is a light westerly, 6 mph, keeping it cross-off and clean. The wave energy is really pumping at 3284, which is strong. This is an advanced reef break, so it's not for the faint-hearted, but for those who can handle it, the conditions are excellent. That long period will be pushing a lot of energy through, making for some proper shaped waves, but it'll be a handful. The water temp is sitting about average for the time of year, nothing weird going on there.

Monday the 20th starts to get messy. The swell is still there, 6ft in the morning and 7ft in the afternoon, but onshore southerly winds chop it up real quick. It's a write-off.

Then Tuesday the 21st of July is another cracker. The morning has a 8ft south swell, 16 second period, with a light westerly cross-off again. The energy is 2724 – strong. But the afternoon is the real beauty. The wind drops to a glassy 3 mph from the SSE, and the swell sits at 7ft, 15 seconds, with 1821 energy. It's a glassy, clean slate. That's a session to mark on the calendar, but again, it's an advanced reef, so you need to earn it.

Wednesday the 22nd is a smaller day, 4ft, and glassy in the morning, but the period drops to 12 seconds. The energy is down to 532, so it's only moderate. Fun for a grovel, but not a standout.

From Thursday the 23rd all the way through to Saturday the 26th of July, the surf drops right off. We're looking at tiny waves, 1.0ft to 2ft mostly, with poor conditions. That's a three-day stretch of barely anything rideable. The energy is down in the double digits, weak.

Sunday the 26th of July sees a bump in size, with an 8ft south swell in the morning, but the period is a short, weak 9 seconds, and the wind is howling from the west at 16 mph. The energy is 1298, which is moderate, but the quality is poor. The afternoon gets even worse with rain showers and a 19 mph cross-on wind. This is more of a kite surfing day than a paddle surf day. The whole week following that is pretty grim. Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th are all fresh onshore winds and lumpy, choppy conditions. The swell is there but it's unrideable.

Things start to look up again on Wednesday the 29th of July. The morning is glassy, with a 5ft, 9-second swell from the SSE. The energy is 576, which is moderate. It's a small, clean wave, but nothing to write home about. Thursday the 30th of July is better, with a 5ft, 11-second swell, clean light winds, and energy at 582. It's a decent morning session. The tail end of the forecast, into the first week of August, holds some small, clean options in the 3ft to 4ft range, but nothing with the power of that first weekend. The best bets are the Sunday morning the 19th and the Tuesday afternoon the 21st. Those are the only two true standouts in this whole 16-day window.

Rusty.

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