Walton Rocks (Power Plant) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a good, hard look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – this is a tough one. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a desert, to be honest.

Right now, through the first few days and all the way out to the end, the surf at Walton Rocks (Power Plant) is looking weak and pretty average. We’ve got swell hanging around a pathetic 0.7 ft to 2 ft for most of it, coming out of the NE or E, with periods mostly under 8 seconds. That’s windswell, and it’s got no punch. The combined energy is tiny, sitting in the double-digits for the entire run – like 61 in the early going, then dropping to single digits or low teens for days. That’s about as weak as it gets.

The first potential highlight... well, there isn’t one. This is a long, flat spell. From Thursday the 2nd all the way through to mid-July, the wave comment is repeatedly “poor surf conditions” with scores of 0 out of 10. There’s a gap that stretches for nearly two weeks where there’s simply nothing worth paddling out for.

Let’s look at what we do get. On Friday the 3rd, early morning the wind goes glassy, but the swell is only 2 ft from the NE with a 7-second period – it’s barely a ripple. Later in the afternoon, we get a cross-on breeze that chops it up. Saturday the 4th offers a clean morning with offshore wind from the SSW, but again, we’re talking 1.0 ft, 8-second E swell with a combined energy of just 24. It’s clean but essentially flat.

Beyond that, it’s a blur of weak, short-period swells and mostly cross or cross-off winds. There are a few moments of offshore or glassy conditions – like on Thursday the 9th morning with a SSW offshore at 6 mph, or Friday the 10th morning with zero wind and glassy water, but the swell simply isn’t there to back it up. The highest we see is on Friday the 17th, when the swell pushes up to 3 ft to 4 ft from the E, with periods of 6 seconds. The combined energy finally climbs to 62 and 77, which is still weak. But with the wind coming cross-on from the ENE at 9 mph, it’s going to be choppy and messy.

This setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Honestly, for the whole 16 days, I wouldn’t rush. There is no standout, no one day where it all clicks. It’s a long, long wait. Keep your eyes peeled for changes, but for now, it’s a quiet one.

Rusty.

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