Tamaris Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, folks, Rusty here. Lookin’ at the charts for the next 16 days and honestly, it’s a tough watch. The forecast period starts now, and there’s a long, dry gap until anything even remotely worth paddling out for shows up.

We’re talking about Tamaris (reef break). The water is a scorching 77°, which is *much warmer than normal* for this time of year – a proper anomaly, that.

The first solid week is a write-off. From the 9th to the 20th, it’s a dead zone. We’re seeing tiny dribbles of swell with next to no energy, often less than 5 (combined energy). The wind is a mess – cross-off shore, strong breezes, and even a few glassy periods on the 16th, but with no swell to work with, it’s just a flat, pretty lake. That’s a lot of days with nothing on offer.

The first real glimpse of life comes on the 21st of September, Monday morning. We get a bump of swell from the SE at 4ft, with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy finally climbs into the low hundreds (192). The wind is offshore from the NNW, which is a huge positive – it’ll clean the face right up. The call is “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” – it’s not going to be pumping, but it’s a paddle. The swell direction is from the SE, which is a bit off from the optimum S direction for this spot, but when you’ve had nothing for a week, you take what you can get.

Later that Monday afternoon, the swell pushes a little bigger to 6ft from the SE, with energy hitting 201. Light offshore wind from the N will keep it clean. For a beginner, 6ft might be a bit of a handful, but for the average surfer, it’s doable.

The standout, if you can call it that, is Tuesday the 22nd of September. Morning session shows a solid 5ft SE swell, energy climbing to 291. The wind is fresh offshore from the NNW. This is the best combination of size and clean conditions in the whole window. The period is still short at 6 seconds, so it’s not groundswell, but it’s the most energy we’ll see. The afternoon cleans right up with glassy conditions and the swell dropping to a still-fun 4ft.

After that, it fades away again. The 24th of September, Thursday morning, has a little spike of 3ft SSE swell with a longer period of 8 seconds, and glassy conditions. Energy is back to 105. It’s a fleeting moment, but it’ll be clean.

Overall, the 21st through the 22nd is the only real window. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best of a bad bunch. The rest of the 16 days is a write-off for any decent waves. The longer-range stuff on the 24th is promising but much less certain.

Stay patient, or go for a kite session if you have one. The wind is strong enough.

Rusty.

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