Windmills Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks. I’ll be honest, it’s a tough one. We’re looking at a long stretch with no real surf to get stoked about – a big gap from the start all the way to the end of the 16-day run.

The only spot we’ve got on the map is Windmills, a reef break that’s only for the experienced. It’s fairly consistent, but when conditions don’t line up, it doesn’t matter how often it breaks.

From Thursday, July 30th, it’s all messy. A fresh cross-shore breeze kicking up lumpy chop. The combined swell energy is weak to moderate (348), with a short-period 1.4m swell coming from the ENE. Water temperature is 26°C – right around average for this time of year, nothing unusual. The onshore wind and short period just ruin any chance of a clean wave. The afternoon cleans up a little but still poor.

That pattern just keeps rolling through Friday, Saturday, and Sunday – ENE wind at 30–35 mph, cross-shore or cross-off, swell heights between 1.4m and 2.0m, but the period stays short and the energy never gets going. On Saturday, August 1st, the combined energy hits 492, but it’s still short-period windswell and the wind is a problem. Monday morning, August 3rd, winds drop a bit to 20 mph from the NE, but it’s still cross-shore and the wave comment is “poor surf conditions.”

We get a slight glimmer on Tuesday, August 4th – the period jumps to 11 seconds and the combined energy climbs to 546 – but the wind is still cross-shore and nothing’s changed on the wave quality front. The rest of the week and into the next is more of the same: moderate breezes, cross-shore winds, small short-period swell. It’s a grind.

Even by the tail end, on August 14th, we see a tiny 0.5m swell from the west with an 11-second period, but the wind is cross-off and the surface is still not clean.

So here’s the truth: Windmills has nothing going for it across the entire 16-day forecast. Wrong wind, poor swell quality, and every single session is marked as poor. If you’re into kiting, this wind might be your thing, but for a paddle surfer? Not much to work with. This kind of dry spell happens, so don’t throw your board in the shed just yet – forecasts can change.

Rusty

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