Waverly Surf Forecast and Surf Report

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

Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – the outlook is a tough one. We're looking at Waverly, and it's a breakwater setup, very consistent, but the swell window just isn't playing ball. The whole 16-day window is a bit of a write-off for proper paddle surfing. The first real chance of anything decent doesn't come around until the end of the first week, but even then, it's not much to write home about.

For the first week, from Thursday the 30th of July right through to the 6th of August, it's a complete dud. The swell is tiny, barely 2 ft, with a weak, short-period 8-second SSE windswell. The combined energy is pathetic, sitting around 49 (weak energy) on the 30th, and it only gets worse. Winds are all over the shop, mostly cross or cross-onshore, making it a lumpy, choppy mess. On the 31st, we get a brief moment of clean conditions with a light SW wind, but there's still no swell to push you around. It's a long, flat spell.

We do see a slight uptick on the 7th of August, Friday morning. The swell lifts a touch to 3 ft from the SSE, but the period is still short at 6 seconds. The combined energy creeps up to 49 (still weak energy). The wind from the S at 15 km/h is cross-onshore, so it's not going to be clean. It's still a "poor surf conditions" call.

The second week doesn't offer much redemption. The 9th of August, Sunday morning, sees a clean window with a light NNW cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is a pathetic 2 ft from the S at 6 seconds. The 13th and 14th of August have some clean offshore or cross-offshore winds, but the swell is still tiny – 2 ft at best – and the energy is weak. There's an interesting blip on the 14th with a 10-second period from the ESE, but at 0.6 ft, it's barely a ripple. The combined energy is just 17 (weak energy).

Because the swell is so small and the winds are often messy, this setup is genuinely more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddler. The consistency is there, but the quality is not.

So, for the standouts... there aren't any. Not a single day in this 16-day window offers a good surf. The best you can hope for is a clean, tiny wave on the 9th or 13th of August, but it's not worth the drive. It's a blank run, and for this area, that's pretty normal when the swell direction is wrong. The forecast might change, but for now, I'd save the wax.

Stay tuned, but don't hold your breath.

Rusty.

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