Singleton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Singleton for the next couple of weeks. There’s some real quality on offer, but you gotta work around the wind.

Starting Wednesday the 8th of July. Wednesday morning is your first standout: a 7ft WSW groundswell with a long 18-second period, packing a heap of energy (combined energy 2581). With a light north cross-off breeze at 9 mph, it’s clean and punchy. This is for experienced surfers only at that size. Water temp is 66°F, which is about average for this time of year. The afternoon goes cross-shore and drops off in quality.

Thursday the 9th morning is another good one: 7ft WSW swell at 15 seconds, energy 1881, with a light north cross-off. Clean again. The arvo turns onshore and rainy, so get out early.

Friday the 10th sees the swell drop to 5ft, but it’s cross-shore and marginal. The south wind picks up in the afternoon and messes it up.

Saturday the 11th is small, around 4ft, with a weak energy (484). Clean in the morning, but nothing exciting.

Sunday the 12th morning is a beauty. Swell jumps to 6ft, WSW groundswell at 18 seconds – that’s a long-period, grunty swell with energy 2084. Light SE cross-off wind, glassy conditions. Still for experienced surfers.

Monday the 13th morning is very similar: 7ft, 16-second WSW swell, energy 2375, light cross-off. Another good one.

But the best day of the whole run is Tuesday the 14th. Morning has a 6ft WSW groundswell at 15 seconds, energy 1384, with an offshore ENE breeze at 9 mph – clean. The afternoon gets even better: the wind turns glassy, light east at just 3 mph, with the same 6ft swell. That afternoon session is your absolute pick.

The second week goes downhill. Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th mornings are still rideable with clean conditions and 5ft to 7ft swell, but the north wind is picking up. From Friday the 17th, the wind goes westerly and onshore, and quality tanks. Saturday the 18th has gale-force WSW wind and a messy 10ft short-period swell – that’s for kite surfers, not paddlers.

Sunday the 19th goes huge – 13ft to 16ft of westerly swell, but shredded by gale-force onshore wind. Total write-off.

Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st have massive 13ft to 16ft swell from the west, with light cross or cross-off wind – but the forecast says it’s too big for this break. Expert-only maybe, but risky. Energy is through the roof. The rest of the period is just big, windy slop.

So, your top sessions are Wednesday the 8th morning, Sunday the 12th morning, Monday the 13th morning, and the absolute champion: Tuesday the 14th afternoon. Don’t hold your breath for the second week unless you’ve got a kite.

Rusty.

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