The Wedge Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for this stretch. It’s gonna be a long, quiet grind before we see any real action. Gotta warn ya, the first week and a half is mostly dead. No standouts for a while.

The only spot on the menu is The Wedge, a breakwater setup for advanced crew only. Water temp is sitting at 19°, which is pretty average for the time of year—nothing weird going on there.

The first few days are grim. Thursday the 9th through to Monday the 14th of July, the swell is tiny, direction is mostly SSW, and the winds are either onshore or cross-onshore, making for poor conditions. Combined energy is weak to moderate (down around 156 to 477). It’s a write-off. There’s a small window on Sunday the 12th in the morning where it goes glassy, with a 3 ft SSW swell and a 14-second period, but the energy is still weak and the surf quality is only getting a hopeful nod. It might look okay, but it won’t be anything special.

Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th? Still poor. Swell drops right down to 1 ft, and the wind is messy. The energy is weak—barely hitting 160. Not worth paddling out.

Then we hit a big gap. From about the 16th through to the 18th, there’s nothing worth mentioning. Then around Saturday the 19th of July, things start to wake up. A longer-period S swell (20 seconds) rolls in, pushing the wave height to 3 ft, and the combined energy jumps into the strong range at 1494. Winds are cross-shore light, so expect slight chop. Conditions are still only marginal, but the energy is real.

The standout arrives on Sunday the 20th of July. The swell builds to 5 ft from the south, with a 14-second period, and the combined energy is very strong at 1889. Light onshore wind. This is the best of the whole run—solid size, real power, and clean enough. It’s a bit much for beginners at over 5 ft, but for the experienced crew at The Wedge, this is the one. Then Monday the 21st sees the swell peak at 7 ft from the south, still 14 seconds, energy at 1735, but cross-onshore wind messes with the quality. That’s expert territory.

After that, it fades fast. Tuesday the 22nd drops to 5 ft, and the rest of the week goes back to weak, poor-quality surf. The last flicker is Wednesday the 23rd of July morning, with glassy conditions and a 3 ft SSW swell, but it’s not enough to get excited about.

No great runs of consistent, clean surf here. Enjoy that Sunday-Monday window in the third week—that’s the real deal. Everything else, save your energy.

Rusty.

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