Tandjungs-Rights Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s on the table for Tandjung-Rights over the next couple of weeks.

No sugar-coating it—this forecast starts out rough. Thursday and Friday are a write-off. Cross-on wind from the ESE and SE, blowing 15 to 16 mph early on, kicking up chop and ruining any chance of clean surf. There’s swell, around 4 to 5 ft from the SSW with a solid 15-16 second period, but the wind just trashes it. Don’t bother.

Things get a little interesting by Saturday start of the first week. Swell size bumps to 6 to 6 ft, still SSW, period hanging at 16 seconds, and the wave energy jumps into the strong range. But again, cross-on wind from the SSE at 12-13 mph keeps it messy, choppy. It’s marginal, not good.

Sunday and Monday keep the swell coming, 5 to 7 ft, with that long-period SSW groundswell. The wind stays cross or cross-on, but Monday afternoon we get a drop to a light breeze around 9 mph, which takes the edge off. The wave energy is pumping—Monday afternoon hits the strong range—but it’s still not clean enough to call a real standout.

Now here’s the window. Tuesday and Wednesday of the first week: solid swell, 5 to 8 ft, still from the SSW, and the period goes very long—18 to 19 seconds. That’s serious groundswell, with massive energy behind it—Tuesday morning and afternoon have wave energy in the very strong range. Wind is a light SSE breeze, cross-shore, with only a slight cross-chop. For a reef like Tandjung-Rights that’s set up for S swell, this is the best it gets. The long period, the cross-shore wind, the power—it all lines up. Wednesday morning at 8 ft with 16 seconds and light cross-shore wind is the pick. That’s big, powerful, and will be for experienced surfers only. Water temp is 80°F, normal for the time of year, nothing weird there.

After that, from Thursday onward of the first week into the second week, the quality slides. Wind goes back to cross-on from the SSE and SE, 9-12 mph, and the chop returns. Swell stays 4 to 6 ft, period drops to 14-16 seconds, but the clean conditions are gone. The second week is a slog—Saturday and Sunday the 12th and 13th are marginal, and from Monday the 14th through Friday the 18th, it’s mostly poor or marginal with that cross-on wind messing things up.

Bottom line: save your energy for Tuesday and Wednesday. That’s the only time the stars align—cross-shore wind, powerful long-period groundswell, and a reef that knows what to do with it. Everything else? Not worth paddling out for.

Rusty.

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