Three Peaks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your coffee and let’s have a look at what’s cooking over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty bleak run ahead. We’re looking at a long stretch of nothing much, with a whole lot of small, messy, and wind-affected days for Three Peaks. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is a hefty 8° warmer than usual for July – that’s really unusual, like wearing boardshorts in a wetsuit season kind of weird.

The first real light at the end of the tunnel doesn’t show up until Tuesday, July 14th, in the morning. That’s over a week and a half of waiting for anything worth paddling out for. Even then, it’s pretty weak with a combined energy of only 44 (weak), a 1 ft swell from the WSW, and a period of 10 seconds. It’s clean, with a light cross-offshore breeze, so at least it’ll look pretty, but you’re not going to be pulling into anything exciting. The afternoon that same day gets a quick bump in size to 3 ft, but that’s from a short-period 5-second wind swell and the wind goes cross-shore, making it choppy and messy.

Wednesday morning, July 15th, offers a similar story – glassy conditions with a 2 ft swell from the west (9-second period) and combined energy of 82 (still weak). It’s surfable, but you’d be scraping for little waist-high rollers. The wind swings onshore by the afternoon and kills it again.

Then, finally, there’s a bit of a pulse on Saturday, July 18th, in the morning. We see a big jump in size to 5 ft from the west, with a combined energy of 239 (moderate). The swell period is only 7 seconds, so it’s a bit fat and wind-driven, but the wind is a light cross-offshore from the NNE, keeping it clean. For a beginner-friendly spot like Three Peaks, 5 ft is approachable but on the bigger side – it might be a little much for absolute beginners. The afternoon gets chopped up again by a cross-onshore, so make the most of that morning session. Given the long, flat gap before it, this Saturday morning is the one real standout, but keep in mind it’s a week and a half away, so it’s promising but not locked in.

Other than that, it’s a whole lot of flat, small, and choppy junk. The consistent onshore winds and tiny swells make this stretch look more interesting for a kite than a surfboard for most of the period.

Rusty

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