Trestraou Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for our region over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a tough stretch ahead for Trestraou. Looking at the whole 16-day window, there's not a single day that I’d be stoked to paddle out. We've got a long, flat spell with no real surf to get excited about. The wave energy is just too weak for most of it, and when there is a bit of size, the wind and conditions are all wrong. We're looking at a blank run that's pretty much the whole way through, which for this area is just how it goes sometimes.

Starting off on Sunday the 26th of July, we’ve got some WNW swell pushing 5 ft to 6 ft, but it’s short-period windswell at just 7 seconds. The wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-off and cross-shore, churning up a lumpy cross-chop. The combined swell energy is moderate at best (225-327), but the surf quality is poor. It’s just not clean enough to be fun.

Monday the 27th sees the swell drop a touch to 5 ft with a slightly better 9-second period, but it's still cross-shore with a 9 mph breeze. The energy drops back (355) and the conditions are still choppy. Not worth the drive.

From Tuesday the 28th right through the first week of August, the swell bottoms out. We’re looking at tiny waves, anywhere from 1.0 ft to 4 ft, mostly onshore or cross-onshore winds, and the combined energy is weak to low-moderate. The water temp is about average for the time of year. There's just no clean, rideable swell on the cards.

Even when we get a late burst on Sunday the 9th of August, with a WNW swell jumping to 6 ft and a combined energy of 561 – which is strong – the period is only 9 seconds and the wind is a moderate cross-shore, creating a messy cross-chop. And then on Monday the 10th, it's 7 ft (591 energy) but the wind is straight onshore from the north. That’s too big and messy for a good time, and with short period, the shape will be junk.

There is one small window of clean conditions on Wednesday the 29th of July morning with a light cross-off wind, but the swell is only 2 ft. You’d be bobbing around on a knee-high wave with nothing behind it (68 energy). Same again on Saturday the 1st of August morning, tiny and clean (2 ft, 45 energy). On Friday the 7th of August morning we get clean conditions with a 5 ft swell from the north, but the period is a shocking 5 seconds—that’s just wind chop, not a wave you can surf properly.

To be blunt, there are no standouts in this outlook. The best you could hope for is a small, clean morning session on that 29th of July for a longboard, but the energy is just too weak to call it any good. Everything else is a write-off. Sometimes the ocean just takes a holiday. Things can change, but for now, I'd say leave the board in the van.

Rusty.

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