Tankers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks. It’s a pretty bleak outlook for your paddle board, to be honest.

We’re lookin’ at a real quiet stretch at Tankers (reef). The immediate days from Friday the 24th through Sunday the 27th are a write-off – tiny swell, cross-off breezes keeping it clean but with almost no push. You’re lookin’ at waves around 2ft to 4ft but the energy’s low to moderate, with the combined swell energy hanging between 755 and 1211. It’s just not got any grunt.

Now, the one true standout, the only real spark in this whole outlook, pops up on Tuesday morning the 28th of July. That morning we get a clean 6ft swell from the east, with a moderate energy reading of 1311. The wind’s a gentle cross-off from the NNE at just 9 mph, so it’ll be clean. But this is a reef break, and that size pushes it firmly into “experienced surfers only” territory. Water temp’s sittin’ at a normal 80° for the time of year.

After that Tuesday morning window, it’s back to the doldrums. Wednesday the 29th has a bit of puff, but it’s a messy 6ft on the afternoon with a short, weak period and cross-shore chop (energy at 948). From Thursday the 30th right through to Saturday the 8th of August, it’s real small, mostly under 3ft, with poor conditions and weak energy figures (often below 600). The swell’s just not delivering. You get a few glimpses of small, long-period groundswells around 3ft on the 2nd and 3rd of August, but the cross-shore winds ruin the face.

Bottom line: that Tuesday the 28th morning is the only real go for experienced surfers. The rest of the run is a skip. Honestly, with those consistent but light cross-off winds and small, weak swell most days, it’s lookin’ more like a kite-surfing stretch than a paddle-surfing one.

Stay salty,
Rusty

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