Schnappers Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at the local surf scene for Schnappers Point. I gotta be straight with you – the next 16 days are looking pretty grim for surf at this spot. We’re in for a long, quiet stretch.

The first bit of interest doesn't show up until Thursday, the 30th of July. Wednesday the 29th is a total write-off, flat as a tack with glassy water in the morning (0 combined energy) and a tiny 1 ft ripple from the NNW in the afternoon (2 combined energy). Not worth paddling out for.

Thursday morning the 30th brings a little bump, with a 3 ft swell from the north, but with a short period of 6 seconds it’s weak. The combined energy is only 46 (weak), and while it’s glassy, the conditions are described as "very ordinary." The afternoon goes downhill with a 3 ft north swell, but a 15 km/h onshore wind from the NNW messes it up.

Friday the 31st is the same story, with the swell building to 4 ft in the morning and 5 ft in the afternoon from the NNW, but the wind whips up from the west at 20-25 km/h, putting it in a cross-onshore chop. The combined energy jumps to 212 (moderate) and 313 (moderate), but the quality is poor. You’d wanna skip it.

Saturday the 1st of August offers a clean-up, with a 2 ft north swell in the morning and a light cross-offshore wind from the SSW. The combined energy is only 29 (weak), though. The afternoon drops to 0.7 ft from the NNW with a long 14-second period, but combined energy is just 30 (weak). Clean, but tiny.

From Sunday the 2nd of August right through to Wednesday the 13th of August, it’s a near-flat pattern. The swell heights are 2 ft or less, mostly 0.3 ft and 0.7 ft, with combined energy rarely breaking 10 (weak). The wind is often light, and sometimes glassy, or with a clean light offshore, but there’s just no wave energy to work with. The longest period we see is 18 seconds on the morning of the 5th, but with a 0.3 ft north swell (6 combined energy), it’s just a faint pulse.

The water temperature on the first day is 54°, which is about average for the time of year (only 0.7°F below normal).

The best window, if you can call it that, is probably the morning of Thursday the 13th of August. We see a 1 ft north swell, a clean cross-offshore wind from the SSW, and combined energy at 32 (weak). It’s small, but it’s the most surfable we get. The afternoon of the 13th offers the same size with a light cross-onshore, making it a bit bumpy.

Honestly, though, there are no standouts here. The combined energy never reaches a moderate level past the 31st of July, and the swell direction is always from the north or NNW, which is not the optimum northwest direction for this exposed point break. The crowds are often around, but with this kind of lack of surf, it won’t be an issue.

Rusty, signing off.

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