Tennis Courts Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me have a look at what we've got here for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it's a bit of a tough stretch ahead for Tennis Courts. The first few days of July are just not cooperating. Thursday the 2nd to Saturday the 4th, the wind is pumping a fresh 19 mph from the ENE, blowing cross-off, which keeps the surface clean but the swell is a mangy mix of short-period windswell and a bit of a longer-period S/SSW groundswell that's getting swallowed up by the conditions. It’s just not happening for a decent surf. The water temp is sitting at a nice 79°F, pretty normal for this time of year, but you won't be feeling it much if you're battling that wind and weak energy. The combined energy is moderate, but it's all over the place.

From Sunday the 5th right through to the end of the second week, it's a long, frustrating wait. There’s a lot of poor surf conditions and marginal calls, day after day. You're looking at a gap of nearly two weeks with nothing really worth paddling out for. The swell is mostly a short-period ENE windswell between 5 ft and 7 ft, often too big for beginners on the bigger days and just messy at that size with the constant 19 to 22 mph cross-off wind. It’s never got the right direction to match the optimum SSE swell for this reef, so it’s a losing battle. A couple of days, like Saturday the 11th, have a touch of longer-period SW swell, but it’s tiny at 2 ft and just not enough. This spot is exposed, but the energy and the wind are never on the same page. It might be one to drive past and just look at, to be honest.

There are no standouts in this 16-day window. It's a blank run, and for this area, that’s pretty normal when the trade winds lock in and the swell direction is wrong. The long-range stuff around the 12th to 17th is a bit of a broken record – more of the same marginal windswell. Keep checking back, it tends not to stay this poor for long. But right now, I'd say leave the boards at home.

- Rusty

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