Seaford Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's get straight into it.

Well, I've gotta be honest with you, straight up: it's looking pretty grim for the next couple of weeks at Seaford Reef. The swell is tiny, the wind’s all over the shop, and the whole forecast is a bit of a write-off. There's no good surfing to be had, so if you're hanging out for a wave, you might want to find something else to do.

We kick things off on Monday the 6th of July with absolutely nothing happening. Tiny 0.3ft swell from the west with weak energy (1). The morning has a light offshore but it's still not enough to do anything. The afternoon goes glassy, but there’s no wave to surf.

Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th are a total washout with zero swell. Even though the wind is offshore, you can't surf flat water. It’s the same story right through Thursday the 9th, with a bit of a longer period showing on Friday the 10th, a 16-second groundswell, but it's still only 0.3ft. The energy is pitiful (20). A long period on nothing is still nothing.

Then on Saturday the 11th, the swell finally shows up, but it’s a messy 5ft short period windswell from the NNW. The wind is howling at 25 mph from the north, making it a choppy, cross-shore mess. The energy picks up (139), but the quality is dreadful. Sunday the 12th gets even bigger, with a 8ft swell from the WSW and strong onshore winds at 28 mph. The energy is significant (462), but it's blown out and too big for beginners. You'd need to be an expert to even think about it, and even then, the conditions are just awful. That setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing to be honest.

Through the middle of the week, the swell drops back to tiny, with onshore winds keeping things messy. A small window shows up on Thursday the 16th with an offshore wind and a 0.7ft swell, but it’s still just not enough to get excited about.

The next sniff of something is on Saturday the 18th, with a 4ft swell from the north in the morning. The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it could be clean, but it’s a short 5-second period with weak energy (73). It’s not going to be great, but it's probably the least bad option of the whole run. Then it all falls apart again from the 19th onward with strong, messy, onshore winds and a jumpy mix of windswell.

The water’s about 59°, pretty normal for this time of year, so you’ll need a decent wetsuit.

The bottom line is this: there are simply no good surf options at Seaford Reef in the entire 16-day window. It’s a rare blank run, but sometimes that’s just how it goes around here. Keep an eye on it though, things can change.

Rusty

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