The Wharf Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's look at the situation for The Wharf, starting now and stretching out through the next couple of weeks.

Alright, to be straight with you, it's a pretty grim run for The Wharf across the entire 16-day period. There's no standout session, no hidden gem, nothing to get excited about. The forecast is basically a long stretch of poor surf conditions, hammered by constant onshore winds and choppy, messy surf. The water temperature is sitting at 82°F, which is pretty much bang on average for the time of year, so at least you won't need a thick wetsuit.

The first real chance we see doesn't come until Thursday the 23rd of July, and it's a long way off. Even then, it's a "marginal" call at best. On Thursday morning, there's a 4ft swell from the S, with a long 18-second period, pushing a moderate energy of 1090. But the wind is a light cross-onshore from the SSE, creating just a few wind ripples. It's not clean, but it's the best of a bad bunch. The afternoon goes back to being poor with a stronger cross-onshore wind.

Friday the 24th of July morning offers a 3ft S swell with a 15-second period, but the wind is onshore from the ESE, so it's a write-off. After that, it's all downhill with a mix of rain, thunderstorms, and onshore or cross-onshore winds all the way through to the end of the month and into August. The swell drops off, the period gets short, and the energy levels fade into the 200s and 300s. There's a brief moment on Saturday the 25th in the afternoon with a 3ft S swell and a 13-second period, but the wind is cross-onshore again, making it another marginal, low-quality option.

The sad truth is, with all this wind and the swell being mostly short-period or blown out, this setup looks far more interesting for kite surfing than for paddle surfing. There's no day worth circling on the calendar. This is one of those stretches where the forecast changes might be your only hope. For now, I'd say give it a miss.

Rusty.

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