The Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's peel back the lid on what's coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

Truth is, it's a rough stretch on paper. There's a big dead patch of bland, windy slop to start, and the first real chance to get wet is a long way off.

Right off the bat, Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th are total washouts. Thursday morning has a clean little 3ft swell from the NNW poking into The Cove, a reef set-up, but the combined energy is only 179 and it's a short-period swell. It's surfable, but just barely. The rest of that first week, through the end of July and the start of August, is just lumpy junk with 15-25 mph winds. The water is about 56°, right where it should be for now.

Nothing worth a second look until Monday the 3rd of August. That morning has some real potential. The Cove gets a 6-7ft north swell, a proper groundswell with an 11 second period and a combined energy of 960. That's a serious amount of water moving. It's getting a bit big for the learner crew, but for the average surfer, it's got some grunt. The only problem is that morning onshore wind from the NNW at about 6 mph. The afternoon eases up a bit with a lighter cross-onshore, but it's still only a marginal call. This is your best window by a mile, but the wind is the big question mark.

After that, the tank runs dry. From Tuesday the 4th through to Monday the 10th of August, it's flat to tiny, with combined energy dropping into the tens for days on end. There's a clean bit of knee-high nothing on the morning of the 10th, but that's about it for a week.

The next pulse hits on Tuesday the 11th of August. A 6ft WNW swell shows up, but it's a weak, short-period 7 second swell with lumpy side-shore wind. The combined energy reads 348, so there's some push, but it'll be a bumpy, closed-out mess. Wednesday the 12th has an even bigger 6ft WNW swell, a better 9 second period, and combined energy of 641, but it's raining with choppy cross-onshore winds. Then it fades into small, blown-out slop for the rest of that week.

So here's the call: the best, and really the only, standout is the morning of Monday the 3rd of August at The Cove. It's got the size and the power, but the wind will decide if it's a classic or a fight. After that, you're looking at a long, dry spell with nothing to offer. It's a waiting game.

Rusty, out.

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