Super Tubes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve got a look at what’s coming down the line for Super Tubes. This is a serious reef and point set-up that only the experienced crew should be looking at, and it’s a spot that fires on a good SW swell. The water temp here is running about average for this time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

The opening Thursday morning, 6 August, is the real standout in this whole outlook. We’ve got a solid 11.5 ft SW swell rolling in with a 13-second period, pushing a heap of energy through—combined energy is a hefty 4512. The wind is a light 6 mph offshore from the SW, keeping the surface glassy and clean. This is proper heavy, expert-only territory at that size. It doesn’t get much better than this for the experienced surfer here.

That afternoon, the wind bumps up to a 16 mph cross-off from the SW, still clean, but the energy drops a bit to 3567. It’s still surfable for the advanced crew, but the morning session is the one you’d paddle for.

After that, the surf quality takes a dive. Friday and Saturday mornings (7th and 8th August) are onshore or have strong winds making things messy. Saturday morning has a 19 mph offshore from the WSW, keeping it clean with 8.2 ft swell, but the conditions are only marginal.

Sunday morning the 9th sees a return of that big 11.5 ft swell with 4418 energy, but it’s cross-off and light rain is on the cards. By the afternoon, a strong 25 mph SSE cross-wind and heavy rain kill it completely.

For the rest of the first week and into the second, it’s mostly onshore, cross-shore, or just too messy with poor conditions. There’s a gap of several days with no genuine recommendations.

Then, things start to look up again on Tuesday morning, 18 August. It’s glassy—dead flat, 3 mph from the SSE—with a 6.9 ft SW swell. The energy is a solid 1518, and the period is a solid 11 seconds. This is clean, punchy, and a much better size for the experts compared to the big stuff earlier. That afternoon stays clean with a light cross-off breeze.

From the 19th through the 20th, we get a run of gentle offshore winds with 5.2 ft to 6.2 ft SW swell. Consistent energy in the 700–1100 range. It’s not the big event of the 6th, but it’s clean, lined up, and very surfable for the advanced crew.

Given that Super Tubes is “very consistent” and “often” has a crowd, you can expect company when it’s good, especially on those cleaner days.

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