Trespassers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at Trespassers. It’s a reef break, and it’s had a pretty rough run of it. The first ten days or so are mostly a write-off – messy winds, onshore slop, and just poor surf. You’ll see a few days with size, but it’s wind-chopped and lumpy, not worth paddling out for. The water temp is sitting at 60°, which is about normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real glimmer of something decent comes on Sunday the 26th of July. The morning is glassy with a light Easterly breeze, and we’ve got a 3ft SW groundswell rolling in with a 12-second period. The combined energy’s moderate at 292. It’s not huge, but it’s clean – glassy conditions are a huge plus. That afternoon stays glassy too, with a 3ft SW swell, though the energy drops a bit to 247. It’s surfable, but just ordinary.

After that, we get another rough patch of cross and onshore winds until Wednesday the 29th of July. That morning sees a 6ft SW swell with a 13-second period and a cross-shore wind, but it’s only marginal – the combined energy is strong at 1171, but it’s choppy. The afternoon bumps up to 7ft, but it’s cross-onshore and fairly choppy, so still not great.

Thursday the 30th of July is a washout, but then we hit Friday the 31st of July. That’s a standout. The morning is clear, with a light cross-offshore breeze, and a 3ft SSW swell with a 13-second period. The combined energy is 268, and it’s clean. The afternoon is even better: glassy, with a 2ft SW swell and a 13-second period, energy at 391, and the conditions are just glassy. That’s a proper session.

Then we get into August. Saturday the 1st of August has a glassy afternoon with a 2ft SSW swell and a 17-second period – very long period groundswell, which will be peeling nicely at a reef like Trespassers, but the energy is moderate at 302. That morning is clean with offshore winds, smaller at 2ft, but the period is 18 seconds, so proper lines.

The real standout though is Monday the 3rd of August. Both morning and afternoon are excellent. The morning has a 4ft SSW swell, a 16-second period, and a moderate offshore breeze from the ENE. The combined energy is strong at 717, and it’s clean. The afternoon is the same: 4ft, 16 seconds, offshore from the East, and clean. That’s the best of the whole outlook – clean, consistent, and with good energy.

Crowds are sometimes a thing at Trespassers, so you might have a few others around on those better days, but it’s worth it.

So, overall, it’s a slow start. The first week is mostly a bust. The second week starts to look up, with Friday the 31st of July and Monday the 3rd of August being the clear picks. The long-range stuff is promising but less certain.

Rusty.

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