White Rocks Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s see what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

To be straight with you, the next week and a half looks pretty bleak. We’ve got a long stretch of flat, weak, or messy conditions. The wind is mostly all over the shop, and the swell is tiny. There’s a real gap in decent surf from now until well into the second week. The only break on offer is White Rocks, and it’s a beginner-friendly spot, fairly consistent, but it’s exposed to the NW and needs things to line up.

The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

For the first days, starting Friday the 31st of July through to Monday the 10th of August, it’s pretty much a write-off. Swell heights are tiny, mostly between 0.7ft and 4ft, with short periods under 8 seconds. The combined swell energy is very weak, often below 100 (23-100). The wind is mostly cross, cross-on, or onshore, with only a few brief glassy windows that don’t coincide with any real swell. The best early look is Sunday morning the 2nd of August, with glassy conditions and a 2ft NW swell, but it’s still just surfable and very ordinary – a score of 1 out of 10 tells you all you need to know.

Then we get a couple of days of light rain and tiny swell. Tuesday the 4th of August morning is glassy but the swell is a pathetic 1.0ft. Not worth paddling out for.

The real standout, the only one worth circling on the calendar, is Tuesday the 11th of August. The morning brings a 4ft NW swell out of the optimum direction, with a period of 8 seconds and clean, cross-offshore winds from the SE. The combined energy climbs to 183 (moderate). The afternoon gets even better with glassy conditions and that same 4ft NW swell. The wind flips to a light WNW, turning it glassy. It’s still only rated as “surfable but very ordinary,” but within this flat run, it’s the best we’ve got. This swell is just over 5ft, so it’s still manageable for most, but beginners might find it a bit much.

After that, Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th drop right back off into tiny, poor surf again. The last day in the window, Saturday the 15th of August, shows a 2ft NW swell with a 9-second period, but it’s crossed up with a moderate breeze from the WNW. Combined energy is only 75. Not great.

So, in short: if you’re desperate for a paddle, aim for Tuesday the 11th of August. The rest of the window is a tough one. It’s a quiet time for the area – a blank run like this isn’t unusual.

Rusty.

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