Uchiumi Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, let's chew the fat on Uchiumi for the next couple weeks.

It's looking like a rough stretch, to be honest. There's some serious size on the charts, but the wind and conditions are going to be a constant headache. The only real window of opportunity is shaping up for Friday, July 10th, and even that one's a fight.

Right from the start, Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th have some swell in the water, but it's all a bit marginal. We're talking 4ft to 8ft of groundswell from the ESE and SE with a really long period of 14 to 17 seconds. That long period brings energy, but for a reef like Uchiumi, those long lines can be a bit of a handful. The combined swell energy is climbing from a moderate 540 up to a strong 2955, but the wind is cross-on or onshore, and with storms brewing, it's not going to be clean. A hard pass.

Things get interesting on Thursday the 9th and into Friday the 10th. The swell really cranks up. Thursday morning we're looking at a solid 10ft from the SE, period of 15 seconds, and the energy is pumping at a very strong 4406. But that onshore easterly wind at 15 km/h is going to put a chop on it. Still a poor outlook.

Friday the 10th is the big dance, but you have to pick your moment. The morning offers a thumping 12ft from the SSE with a 16-second period and a massive energy reading of 7477. The wind is onshore from the east at 20 km/h, making it marginal but not a total write-off. That's a whole lot of ocean moving. This is serious, expert-only territory—over 8ft, so leave the soft tops at home. The afternoon gets even bigger, hitting 13ft from the SSE with an 18-second period (very long period groundswell) and monster energy of 9544, but the wind swings cross-on and the call is "poor surf conditions" and choppy. What a shame.

Saturday the 11th still has plenty of size, 10ft from the SSE, but that wind is still a problem, either onshore or cross-on. It's big and messy.

After that, from Sunday the 12th onward, the swell drops off a cliff. We go from 6ft down to under 3ft for a few days. The wind stays onshore or cross-on, and the conditions are labeled as "poor" for a solid week, from the 13th through the 19th of July. It’s a long, quiet stretch.

The last glimmer is on Tuesday the 22nd of July. We get a 6ft swell from the east with a short period of 9 seconds and moderate energy of 732. But the wind finally shifts offshore! It's a cross-off breeze from the SSE at 25 km/h. The wave state is described as clean. That one is a hopeful note way out there in the forecast, but it's a long way off, so take it with a grain of salt.

So, to wrap it up: the one and only true standout is Friday, July 10th. Go for the morning if you're an expert and can handle a windy 12ft of SSE groundswell with heavy energy. It's big, it's powerful, and it's going to be a battle. For everyone else, this is a waiting game until that flicker of hope on the 22nd.

Rusty.

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