Zero Surf Forecast and Surf Report

We kick things off on Friday the 24th with small, rideable swell. Morning has a clean 0.6m SW groundswell with a super long 24-second period and a light southerly offshore breeze. The combined energy is moderate (731). This setup is best for a point like this, as that long period will wall up nicely. The water is a wild 22° – that’s 4° warmer than normal for this time of year, so it’s a weird, tropical-feeling July.

The size ticks up through the weekend. Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th offer 0.8m to 0.9m SSW/SW swells, still with long periods over 18 seconds. Winds stay light and offshore or clean cross-shore in the mornings. The energy holds in the moderate zone (500-600 range). This window is as good as it gets. The morning of Monday the 27th pushes to 1.1m with that same glassy S offshore wind – it’ll be small but clean and peeling.

By Tuesday the 28th, we’re still seeing 1.0m swell, but the period drops to 17 seconds and the afternoon wind gets a bit more side-on. The quality starts to slip. Wednesday the 29th and Thursday the 30th get messier with cross-onshore winds. Wave heights stay around 0.9m to 1.1m, but the texture is off.

Now, here’s the one real spike of the whole forecast. Friday the 31st into Saturday the 1st of August brings a solid pulse of S swell. It jumps to 1.5m and then 1.7m with a period of 13-14 seconds. Combined energy hits strong levels (over 1100 on the 31st). For a break that rarely breaks, this is the most likely time it turns on. The morning of the 31st has a light SSW offshore, and there’s a clean cross-shore in the afternoon. Because it will be more than 1.5m, this could get a little spicy for beginners.

That pulse fades fast. Sunday the 2nd drops to 1.1m, and it’s all downhill from there. From the 3rd of August onwards, the combined energy collapses to values under 130 – that’s weak. Wave heights barely hit 0.5m. It’s a full-blown flat spell for the second week with poor conditions and onshore winds. You’ll be looking at a long gap of nothing until the 8th of August.

So, the standout is that Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st window. The S swell will be the biggest of the period, and if you time the light offshore wind or the clean cross-shore, you might snag a few fun ones at Zero before it all goes quiet. The early mornings from the 24th to the 27th are your second-best bet for clean, small, long-period lines.

Honestly, it's a brutal run. A point break that rarely breaks is our only hope, and for most of the window, the hope is small. Conditions change, but for now, don't get your hopes up too high for that second week.

Rusty.

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