Venus Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Venus Bay is cooking up for us over the next couple of weeks.

Alright, so the overall picture for Venus Bay is a bit of a mixed bag. We've got a solid run of great, clean surf kicking things off, but don't get too comfortable because it gets real messy in the back half of the period. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year, so your usual winter wetsuit will do.

Sunday the 5th is the best we're going to see. It's an early standout. We're looking at a solid 4.6ft groundswell from the southwest, with a very long period of 17 seconds. That means proper energy and long waits between sets. The wind is off the land from the ENE, dropping to a gentle breeze from the east in the arvo. It’s going to be clean, lined-up, and packing plenty of punch (combined energy of 1570). It's a reef break, so it handles that long-period swell beautifully. This is for experienced surfers though – that's a bit more size and power than beginners should be tackling.

We roll into Monday the 6th and Tuesday the 7th with the conditions staying clean but the swell dropping back to the 2.9ft to 3.6ft range. The winds are still offshore or very light, so you'll find fun, rideable waves. The energy is still moderate (501 to 802) and it'll be a lot more user-friendly for the intermediate crew. This is solid, consistent surf.

Wednesday the 8th is the other standout. The swell jumps back up to 4.9ft to 5.2ft from the southwest, period holding at 16-18 seconds, and the energy is right up there (1677). We get a light offshore wind from the NE on the afternoon session, making for some really clean, powerful waves. Again, this one's for the experienced crew.

Now, from Thursday the 9th onwards, things start to fall apart. The wind swings around onshore and cross-shore, and it gets choppy. The swell sticks around in the 3.6ft to 6.9ft range, but the quality just isn't there. There's a big, messy, onshore wind event from the 11th to the 14th of July that makes it pretty much unsurfable. The wave energy is high, but the conditions are terrible for a paddle board.

We then hit a real flat spell from around Friday the 17th. The swell drops to under 2ft through the 17th, and while it pulses back up to 5.9ft to 6.9ft on the weekend of the 18th and 19th, those winds are still ripping from the south, making it a cross-onshore mess. It’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean surfing one by that point. There’s a long gap of poor to unsurfable conditions from around the 10th right through to the end of the forecast.

To wrap it up: Sunday the 5th and Wednesday the 8th are your two days to circle. The rest of the window is a write-off for the most part, so get out early or you'll be waiting a while for the next clean swell.

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