The Peak Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin' at ya from the beach. Let's get straight into it.

Alright, listen up. I've been staring at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch. The Peak is the only game in town, and for the most part, it's lookin' pretty sorry. We're gonna have a long, dry spell here before we see anything even remotely rideable.

Right now, and for the next week and a half, it's a write-off. From Tuesday the 21st all the way through to Wednesday the 30th of July, the surf is just... poor. It's not even worth paddling out. The swell is tiny, the wind is all wrong, mostly cross-onshore, and the wave energy is pathetic. We're talking combined energy values down in the double digits (like 46, 37, 29) – that's weak, weak stuff. You'll be sitting on your board doing nothing.

The first real glimmer of hope doesn't come until Thursday the 30th of July. The wind finally swings offshore from the ESE, but the swell is still only 2 feet from the WNW. It's clean, but barely surfable. The combined energy is still only 48-50. It's a knee-high dribbler at best. You could get a few closeouts if you're desperate, but that's about it.

Then, finally, on Friday the 31st of July, we get a little pulse. The morning is a bit iffy with a fresh cross-offshore breeze, but the afternoon is where it's at. The swell bumps up to a clean 3 feet from the W, with a period of 10 seconds. The wind goes clean offshore from the SE, and the combined energy jumps to 210. That's the first real surfable day we've had. It's small, but it'll be clean with some punch. That's the standout of the whole forecast. It's not a classic, but after two weeks of flatness, it'll feel like a present.

After that little peak, it fades out fast. Saturday the 1st of August has a quick window in the morning with a clean 2 foot swell, but it drops off hard by the afternoon. Then from Sunday the 2nd onward, it's back to the same old story – tiny, weak, and messy. The whole run just fizzles out.

So, to sum it up: the only real window is Friday the 31st of July in the afternoon at The Peak. It's a 3 foot W swell with offshore SE wind. The water temp is about average for this time of year. Don't expect much, but if you're jonesing for a wave, that's your shot.

Rusty.

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