The groyne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this outlook for The Groyne is a tough one. We’re looking at a long 16-day window, and honestly, there’s not a single standout session that’s gonna get the heart racing. The surf is small and the wind just won’t play nice most of the time.

We’ve got a pretty bleak run for the first week. From Sunday the 26th right through to the end of July, it’s all poor surf conditions. The swell is tiny, mostly under 3 ft, and the wind is either cross or cross-on, keeping things messy. The combined wave energy is weak, sitting between 26 and 88 for most of that stretch. There’s a brief moment on Wednesday morning the 29th where it goes glassy—that’s a tease if I’ve ever had one—with a 2 ft easterly swell, but it’s short period at 6 seconds, so the waves will be soft and weak. The water temp is about average for the time of year, so nothing to write home about there.

The end of the first week into early August gets a little bump in size, but it’s not the kind of bump you want. On Friday the 31st, we see swell jump to 5 ft to 5 ft from the SE, but it’s still a short period windswell at 6 seconds, and the cross-on wind is 15 km/h. The combined energy climbs to 174–190, which is moderate, but the conditions are described as poor. That’s a no-go for a clean surf.

The second week is more of the same story. Monday the 3rd of August has a 2 ft swell but with a decent 12-second period, giving it a bit more grunt (energy up to 261), but the wind is a moderate 20 km/h cross-shore, and the wave comment is still poor. It’s frustrating because the swell is there, but the wind is ruining it. Tuesday the 4th of August morning is glassy again, with a 2 ft swell from the SE, but the period drops to 9 seconds and the energy is only 105—just ordinary waves.

The Groyne is a reef break, so when we do get a longer period groundswell, it can handle it better than a beach break. But the issue is the wind. From the 6th of August onward, we’ve got fresh breezes up to 35 km/h, and the swell is mostly short period and cross-on. The combined energy gets up to 233 on the 2nd of August and 261 on the 3rd, but without clean wind, it’s just a messy, choppy affair. Honestly, if you’re looking to paddle, you’re better off waiting for a better forecast. With the wind and the chop, this setup might be more interesting for the kite surfers than us.

We do have a couple of mornings with glassy conditions, but they’re paired with weak, small swell. The best of a bad lot is probably Wednesday morning the 29th of July—clean, glassy, and a 2 ft E swell. It’s only surfable, not great, but it’s the only time you might get a few fun ones without the wind messing you up. The other one is Tuesday morning the 4th of August, again glassy, but even smaller at 2 ft. That’s it. Nothing else in the 16 days is worth a special trip. The Groyne is fairly consistent, but this run is a real dud. It tends not to stay this poor for long, so keep an eye on the forecasts.

Rusty.

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