Yonabaru Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – the next couple of weeks in the Yonabaru area are looking flat, plain and simple. There’s no decent swell on the cards, and the few tiny bumps we do see are going to be messed up by onshore winds. It’s a tough run for paddle surfing, but let’s break down exactly what’s happening.

Right now, and for the rest of this week, we’ve got almost nothing to work with. Swell heights are stuck around 0.7 ft to 1 ft, with combined wave energy barely ticking over (21). That’s weak, gutless stuff. Winds are mostly cross or cross-off from the south and southwest, which is okay, but there’s just no power in the water. The water temp is sitting at 84 °F, which is bang on average for this time of year, so at least you won’t be cold while you’re floating around doing nothing.

After a few more days of tiny, clean-looking but completely underpowered conditions, the pattern shifts around July 23rd. The swell starts to nudge up to 2 ft, with the energy climbing into the 80s – still weak, but a little more push. Problem is, the wind turns onshore from the east and stays that way through to July 28th. That stiff onshore breeze is going to chop up any hope of a clean face. The swell direction is almost exclusively from the east, which is cross-onshore for Yonabaru’s setup. This is shaping up as a more interesting window for kite surfing than for paddle surfing, honestly.

There’s a brief uptick right at the very end of the window, around July 26th. Swell height hits 3 ft with the period stretching to 11 seconds, and energy bumps up to 143 – that’s moderate energy, finally. But again, the wind is smashing onshore at 12 mph from the east. It’ll be a choppy, messy affair, not the clean lines we’re after.

The long and short of it is this: there are no standouts, no hidden gems to chase. The whole 16-day forecast is a write-off for surf. That’s just how it goes here sometimes, forecasts can change, but right now, leave the board at home.

Yours, Rusty.

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