The Pass Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board and listen up. Rusty here.

We’re looking at a slow start for The Pass, with a bit of a lull. The first few days aren't offering much surf to write home about. The real action is stacked at the back end of the window, and there's a standout window that looks *crisp*.

The best of the best is shaping up for Sunday the 20th of July. The Pass is picking up a solid 7-7 ft swell out of the ESE with a moderate combined wave energy of 1204. What makes this the pick of the bunch is the gentle offshore wind. That’s going to clean up the lines nicely, giving you some proper grooming for both the morning and the afternoon. The swell period is 9 seconds, which is a decent short-period groundswell.

If you're an experienced surfer, the morning of Tuesday the 21st of July is the heavy hitter. The swell pumps up to 8 ft from the ESE with a long 12-second period. This gives a combined energy of 1538 – that’s serious power. We’ve got a clean cross-offshore breeze to keep things tidy. This is more for the crew who can handle the size. Because the period is so long, the sets will be a bit more spaced out, but the waves will have much more punch and better shape, especially working through this reef and point set-up. That afternoon the wind gets strong and the quality drops.

Don't get too excited about the first few days. The Saturday the 11th has some chest-high waves with glassy conditions in the afternoon from the ENE, but the actual wave state is only marginal. The swell direction from the SSE isn’t ideal for The Pass. From the 12th through to the 19th of July, the surf is mostly small or messy. Around the 15th and 16th, we actually get a big pulse of 10-12 ft swell, but it's accompanied by strong 25-25 mph winds and very short period swell – that creates a rough, blown-out mess that's more suited to kite gear than a paddle board. The break is fairly exposed to this energy, but the quality is poor.

The second half of July shows a tail-off. The 22nd to the 26th is dropping back into the 3-5 ft range with weak ESE swell and periods under 10 seconds, mostly poor conditions. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

So, circle those dates on the 20th and 21st of July. The big day for most of you is the 20th. For the chargers, the 21st morning is the one to get on it.

Rusty.

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