Tamaris Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a pretty lean stretch. The finder is only showing one spot, Tamaris, and for the whole 16-day run, the forecast keeps calling it “poor surf conditions.” There’s no real energy coming in, and the swell is tiny for most of it. The water’s a full 6°F warmer than usual for this time of year, which is very unusual, but that doesn’t help the waves.

We start off with a gap. From Wednesday the 12th through to Thursday the 13th, there’s basically zero swell. Nothing to even paddle for. The wind is clean or light, but without any wave height, it’s just a lake.

Friday the 14th morning, we finally see a tiny pulse: 0.7ft at 3 seconds from the WSW, with glassy conditions. The combined energy is just 1 (weak). That’s barely a ripple. The afternoon gets a bit of onshore wind, so no good.

Saturday the 15th is similar – 0.7ft to 1ft, short period, poor energy (4 max). The wind is cross-on or onshore, so it’s messy.

Sunday the 16th morning is the best of a bad bunch so far. We get a 2ft swell from the WSW, with a 4-second period, and clean offshore winds from the NNW. The combined energy is still only 20 (weak). It’s rideable for a beginner on a longboard, but it’s not going to get the heart pumping. The afternoon goes cross-on.

From Monday the 17th through to the 25th, the pattern is the same: tiny swell, mostly under 2ft, with short periods. The wind is often cross-off or clean, which is a positive, but the ocean is just not delivering. The combined energy rarely breaks 20. On the 20th, Thursday afternoon, the swell bumps up to 5ft from the W with a 6-second period, and the energy jumps to 166 (moderate). But the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-shore, so it’s lumpy and choppy. That’s not a session you’d write home about.

The 27th, Thursday morning, shows a hint of something: 2ft from the SW, 4 seconds, with glassy conditions. Again, the energy is only 13 (weak). It’s clean, but it’s still small.

There is no standout in this window. No break offers anything close to good surf. The one spot, Tamaris, is a reef break that’s fairly consistent under normal conditions, but the swell just isn’t there. For a beginner, the knee-high clean days on the 16th, 27th, or maybe the 20th (if you don’t mind the wind) are the only options. For anyone else, it’s a flat spell.

The good news is that forecasts can change, and it rarely stays this poor for long. But right now, the ocean is asleep.

Rusty.

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