Sanur Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s run through this one in feet and miles per hour for y’all.

So, Sanur Reef – it’s not looking good, not good at all. We've got a solid 16-day window, and it's pretty much a bust from start to finish. The whole stretch is hammered by cross-onshore winds that just wreck any chance of a clean wave.

Starting Tuesday, 7 July, we've got a SSW swell running about 4ft with a long 16-second period. Sounds decent on paper, but with a SE wind blowing at 15 mph cross-onshore, it’s a choppy, blown-out mess. Water’s at 81°F, which is normal for this time of year, nothing weird there.

Wednesday, 8 July, the swell picks up to about 6ft, still from the SSW, period hanging around 15 seconds. Energy is strong (values hitting 1775 and 1828), but again, wind is on it or cross-onshore. It’s just poor.

Thursday and Friday, 9 and 10 July, are a carbon copy. Swell holding around 6ft and 6ft, that same cross-onshore wind. Total write-off.

The weekend we get smaller – Saturday, 11 July, drops to 5ft in the morning and just 3ft in the afternoon. Still cross-onshore. Sunday, 12 July, is even smaller at 3ft. There’s a moment Sunday afternoon where the wind goes onshore, but that doesn’t fix anything.

We go through a long dry spell here, from the 7th all the way through the 21st, with nothing but poor surf conditions. The only tiny glimmer shows up on Friday, 17 July, into Saturday, 18 July. We see "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions". Friday has a 4ft SSW swell at 14 seconds, Saturday bumps up to 5ft. Wind is still cross-onshore though. It’s a tease.

That "marginal" tag pops up again Sunday, 19 July, with a 6ft SSW groundswell at 16 seconds. Same story: cross-onshore wind. The wind just never swings our way.

By Wednesday, 22 July, it's fizzling out with swell dropping to 3ft to 3ft. Nothing doing.

So here’s the bottom line: there’s no standout session in this whole forecast. The swell is there at times, but the wind is relentless. This reef doesn’t break often, and with these conditions, it’s just not happening. Keep an eye on it, forecasts change, but for now, it’s a long, flat, blown-out stretch.

Rusty.

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