Trespassers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here, looking at the waves at Trespassers for the next couple of weeks.

Gotta be honest, this is a tough one to call. Most of the time, the wind is just gonna mess it up. The first time you might even think about getting wet is Monday the 20th, but it’s only a maybe. There’s a 4ft SW swell with a super long period of 15 seconds, and the energy is moderate (538). The problem is the cross-shore wind is putting a little chop on it. Not a total loss, but not a day to write home about.

The next few days are rough. Tuesday the 21st and Wednesday the 22nd are all cross-on winds, making it choppy and messy. The swell is there, but it’s not clean. By Thursday the 23rd morning, the energy jumps up to 2456—that’s very strong—with a 6ft SSW swell and a 14-second period. But again, the wind is cross-shore with a cross-chop. It’s big and powerful, but not the kind of power you want to deal with in messy conditions.

We then hit a long stretch from Friday the 24th all the way to Wednesday the 29th of July where every session is rated poor. The wind is almost always onshore or cross-on, and the sea is choppy or lumpy. There’s a big spike on Tuesday the 28th with a 7ft to 8ft SW swell and a very long period of 19 seconds, so the energy is very strong (2841), but it’s blowing 30 km/h from the NNW and NW—fresh cross-onshore. That’s a big, lumpy mess. For a reef like Trespassers, that’s a pass unless you’re an expert looking for a fight.

The light at the end of the tunnel comes as we head into the end of July. Friday the 31st of July morning shows a clean, cross-off wind from the NE at 15 km/h. The swell is small, only 3ft from the SSW, with a 13-second period and combined energy of 232 (weak to moderate). The afternoon is similar, still clean. It’s tiny, but it’s the most surfable thing we’ve seen in a week.

The best of the bunch, if you can call it that, is Tuesday the 4th of August. The morning session has a clean cross-off breeze from the north, a 2ft SW swell, and a very long period of 18 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy, and for a reef, that long period could make for some nice, lined-up waves. The energy is weak (338), so it won’t be pumping, but it’ll be clean. The afternoon is also clean with a gentle cross-shore and a 2ft SSW swell. For the second week, this is as good as it gets—small, clean, and a little hope.

Crowds at Trespassers can show up sometimes, so you might have some company on those cleaner days.

All in all, this is a waiting game. The first week is mostly a write-off with onshore wind. The second week gives you a few cleaner, smaller windows, with the 31st of July and the 4th of August being your best bets. There’s a lot of energy in the water at times, but the wind is the boss here. We just gotta wait for it to calm down.

Rusty.

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