The Peak Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s comin’ down the line for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – the outlook is pretty grim for a solid stretch. The Peak (a reef set-up exposed to the west, with the odd crowd around) is sittin’ there, but it’s just not gettin’ the love it needs. There’s a bit of small swell on Thursday morning, July 9th, with some 3ft waves out of the west at 9 seconds, and a moderate combined energy of 132. The wind’s glassy though, so it’s clean, but it’s small and ordinary. That’s the start, and it’s not much.

Friday morning, July 10th, is your best call in this whole first week. The swell holds at 3ft from the west, but the period bumps up to 11 seconds – that’s a proper groundswell pulse, and the combined energy climbs to 184. The wind is glassy again, so it’ll be clean. For a reef break like The Peak, that longer period will really help shape the waves, giving you some nice lines. It’s still small, but it’s the pick of a very quiet bunch.

After that, it’s a long, sad run. From Friday afternoon right through to the end of the third week of July, the surf just drops away. You’re lookin’ at days of tiny 0.5ft to 2ft junk, with periods all over the shop and mostly cross-off or onshore wind. The combined energy barely gets into double figures. It’s a blank run of about 12 days where there’s just nothin’ worth paddlin’ for.

Then, finally, around Wednesday, July 22nd, things start to wake up. The morning sees 4ft out of the west-northwest at 8 seconds (169 combined energy), but the wind is cross-on, so it’s choppy. The afternoon though – that’s the real standout. A 5ft swell from the west-northwest with a very long period of 14 seconds, and the combined energy rockets to 1032. That’s a serious pulse of energy. The wind is onshore though, so it won’t be perfect, but there’s a heap of power in the water. This is a long way out, so take it with a pinch of salt, but it’s the biggest thing on the chart.

The mornin’ of Thursday, July 24th, also has some promise with 7ft swell from the west-northwest at 9 seconds (630 combined energy) and glassy wind. That’s expert territory size-wise, but clean. Again, it’s a week and a half away, so forecasts can change.

So, for the next week and a half, it’s a struggle. The only real standouts are Friday morning, July 10th, for a clean, small, long-period wave, and then the big pulse around July 22nd and 24th – but those are long-range and the wind is a question mark. Hang in there.

Rusty

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