Whipsiderry Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s coming up for Whipsiderry over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim stretch. We’ve got a long, flat run ahead before anything even looks like a wave, and even then, it’s not going to be anything to write home about.

Looking at the whole period, the first real chance you’ll have to get wet isn’t until the 11th of July, early on. Up until then, it’s a total write-off. From now through the 10th, the surf is just poor – tiny, weak, and the wind is all wrong. You’ll want to keep the board in the car for a solid week.

That first blip arrives on Saturday the 11th, early morning. Swell is a tiny 2ft out of the west, with a period around 10 seconds – it’s not doing much. The energy is weak, only 106. Wind’s cross-off and light, so it’ll be clean, but honestly, that’s about it. The afternoon is even smaller, 2ft, and just about surfable but mediocre.

Sunday the 12th sees a shift to a tiny, short-period 2ft from the north-northeast with a period of only 5 seconds. Combined energy is a measly 42. A clean cross-off wind, but it’s blowing 16 mph in the morning and that’s just not going to produce any quality. The same goes for Monday the 13th – there’s a long-period groundswell from the southwest at 19 seconds, but it’s only 0.3ft. That’s a ghost. The energy is just 39. With fresh cross-off winds, it’s a kite-surfing day, not a surfing one.

Things don’t improve. Through the middle of the week, we’ve got strong offshore winds on the 15th from the southeast gusting 22 mph, but the swell is a pathetic 2ft with a period of 5 seconds. The energy is only 48. It’s clean, but there’s nothing to ride.

After a long gap of nothing, we finally see a tiny flash of hope on Monday the 20th. The morning brings a glassy, clean 3ft wave out of the north, with a period of 5 seconds and energy of 75. Wind is basically nothing, glassy. That’s the one and only standout here. It’s small, short period, and will be weak, but if you’re desperate, it’ll be the cleanest little wave you could ask for. The afternoon turns choppy again though.

This is a blank run, plain and simple. Whipsiderry just isn’t seeing any decent swell energy in this 16-day window. Keep an eye on the charts – it usually doesn’t stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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