The Peak Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for The Peak over the next couple of weeks, and I’ll be straight with you – it’s a pretty lean stretch.

The overall pattern is one of small, weak swell and a lot of tricky wind. The first few days are a write-off with poor conditions and small, messy waves. We’ve got a bit of a gap for the first couple of days here, Monday the 6th and Tuesday the 7th, both morning and afternoon sessions are looking pretty grim with cross-onshore winds and very ordinary surf. Nothing to get excited about.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on Wednesday morning, the 8th of July. The swell drops to 3 ft from the west, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined swell energy is weak (133). The big news here is the glassy conditions – that’s a major positive. The wind will be a slight air from the WSW, so the surf will be clean. It’s not going to be big, but it’s the cleanest it’ll be for a while. The Peak is a reef break, so even that small swell should offer up some fun, if small, shapes. You’ll be sharing the water with the odd other surfer, but it’s not going to be a circus.

Things get a bit iffy again after that. Thursday the 9th has cross-shore winds, and the swell stays small. By Friday the 10th, we get a bit of a shift with a light NW wind blowing offshore, but the swell is still tiny, between 2 ft and 3 ft, and the period (10-11 seconds) is a bit longer. The combined energy is still weak, and the water temperature is about what you’d expect for this time of year. The surf quality is poor, so it’s not a standout.

The following week, from Saturday the 11th through to the 21st, is a real struggle. The swell is consistently small, rarely pushing above 3 ft, and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore from the NW. We get a few cleaner sessions with cross-offshore winds from the east on the 12th, 13th, and 14th, but the swell is just too small – 1 ft to 2 ft – to give you anything ridable. The combined energy is in the double digits, which is very weak.

The best clean session in that second week is probably Monday afternoon the 13th of July, with 2 ft of west swell at 12 seconds, cross-offshore winds, and a clean surface. But that’s micro-surf. The 14th of July morning is similar, clean but tiny. Beyond that, we get a bump in size around the 18th and 19th, but it’s messy onshore windswell with a short period (6-7 seconds) and fresh to moderate onshore winds making it lumpy and poor.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Wednesday morning, the 8th of July. The 3 ft west swell with glassy conditions at The Peak is the only time the surf will be clean and remotely fun. It’s small, but it’s the best on offer.

Rusty.

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