Super Tubes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. We’ve got a killer stretch coming, but you’ve gotta sit through a rough start. The water’s sitting at 57° – that’s a massive 9° colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want a thick wetsuit and booties.

The week kicks off with a bust. Wednesday the 26th is a total write-off – easterly gales are hammering the coast, blowing straight onshore at 16 to 22 mph. The swell is there at 10ft from the south with some serious energy (5844), but it’s unsurfable. The next day shows a glimmer: Thursday the 27th morning is your first real chance. Super Tubes has a solid 7ft SSW groundswell (1513 energy), and best of all, the wind drops to glassy easterly at just 3 mph. That’s clean, peeling reef, but at this size it’s strictly for advanced surfers. The period is a very long 12 seconds, which will line up beautifully on the reef and point.

Thursday afternoon slips into a cross-on breeze, knocking the quality down, but Friday the 28th afternoon sees the wind swing cross-offshore at 6 mph from the south. The swell drops to 4ft S with 11-second period (616 energy) – clean, smaller, better for a wider range of abilities.

The standout of the entire run is Sunday the 30th afternoon. The wind goes light offshore from the WSW at 6 mph, the swell jumps back up to 7ft from the SSW and the period shortens to 8 seconds, but the wave energy is still moderate (1095). It’s clean, punchy, and the reef will handle the shorter period just fine. That’s the session to circle.

From there, the first week of September fires up. The morning of Tuesday the 1st of September has offshore winds at 9 mph and a clean 6ft WSW swell (1141) – very good. Then Tuesday afternoon turns on the afterburners: 12ft SW groundswell with a very long 15-second period and solid energy (4682). The wind is fresh offshore at 19 mph from the WSW, so it’ll be groomed and powerful. This is big, serious reef surfing – experts only, but if you’re on it, you won’t forget it.

Wednesday the 2nd of September holds similar size and quality. The morning is a bit blown with 19 mph offshore, but still clean. The afternoon settles to a moderate 16 mph offshore from the SW with 12ft of long-period swell (3225). That’s another belter.

After that, the quality tails off. Thursday the 3rd brings cross-shore winds and messy conditions as the swell jumps to 12ft but with a short 8-second period from the SSE. There’s a lot of energy (2144), but it’ll be lumpy and hard to read for paddle surfing – might be a kite day. The weekend of the 5th and 6th of September sees onshore winds again, then a brief clean-up on Sunday the 6th afternoon with light offshore wind and 10ft WSW swell (1973) – a decent option for the patient.

The final week fades. Monday the 7th has size (12ft) but cross-on wind. By mid-week, the swell drops below 3ft and the energy bottoms out into the low hundreds. There’s just nothing left to chase.

So, to wrap it: the standout is Sunday the 30th of August afternoon at Super Tubes for clean, punchy waves, or the expert-only power sessions on Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd of September. Get on it.

Rusty.

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