Singleton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's check out what Singleton's got on tap for the next couple of weeks.

First off, the water is sitting at about 65°, which is just a touch cooler than the long-term average for this time of year, so nothing crazy, pretty standard.

We're kicking off Wednesday the 29th with some surf on offer. Wednesday morning has clean 4ft swell from the WSW with a moderate cross-offshore breeze out of the northeast. The wave energy is solid, moderate, but the period is a short 14 seconds, so it's a bit of a windswell mix. The afternoon cleans right up as the wind turns light offshore from the east-northeast, dropping the waves a touch to 3ft with a longer 17-second period, giving you cleaner, more lined-up waves. The energy is still moderate, but the conditions are the highlight for this first day.

The 30th and 31st of July are a mixed bag. Thursday the 30th has a clean 4ft swell in the morning with a cross-offshore breeze, but the quality isn't as good as Wednesday. Friday the 31st sees the swell bump up to 5ft in the morning with decent energy, still clean with a north cross-offshore. But Friday afternoon turns ugly as a strong cross-onshore wind out of the west-northwest messes up the 7ft swell – a poor call for paddle surfing.

Now, here's where it gets interesting. The real standout period is Sunday the 2nd of August. The afternoon has a glassy surface with a 6ft swell from the WSW and a period of 13 seconds. The energy is moderate, but with the wind dropping to a zephyr, it's going to be pure, clean lines. That's your best bet in the first week. The morning of the 2nd isn't bad either, with a 7ft swell and a cross-offshore breeze.

The early part of the second week, around the 4th and especially the 5th of August, sees a real pulse of energy. On Tuesday the 4th, we have a 8ft swell with a long 18-second period and a gentle cross-shore breeze, a healthy push of groundswell. But watch out, Wednesday the 5th morning brings a 10ft swell from the WSW with huge energy, which is just too big for the break for most folks, and the wind is onshore. That trend of big, dangerous waves continues for many days.

From the 6th of August onwards, it's a long stretch of messy, blown-out conditions with big, often onshore or cross-onshore winds. The swell is consistently over 10ft, often with huge energy readings, but the wind roughens it all up. This setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There is a brief glimmer on the morning of the 12th and 13th with a 13ft W swell with favorable light cross-shore winds, but these are expert-only waves, and the period is long, meaning they'll be shifting and powerful. The 13th afternoon is back to being sloppy.

To be straight with you, for the average surfer, the clean glassy afternoon of Sunday the 2nd of August is the pick of the whole 16-day window. Don't sleep on that one. Everything after that gets too big or too ugly for a fun, safe paddle out.

Rusty.

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