Tivives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way.

First things first, the water is sitting at a toasty 86° right now, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. Feels more like a bath than the ocean, but you won’t be complaining about the lack of a wetsuit.

The opening stretch is a bit of a slow burner. The first proper chance to get wet doesn’t really show its face until Saturday morning, the 25th of July. Before that, Friday afternoon (24th) is a write-off with a cross-on breeze and messy, small 1ft SW swell. Won’t be worth paddling out.

Saturday morning, the 25th, brings a little hope. Tivives is showing a clean 2ft SSW swell with a light cross-offshore breeze. The combined energy is moderate (402), so there’s a bit of push, but it’s still small. Enough to get a few fun ones on a foamboard or a longboard. The afternoon goes south again with a storm risk and onshore wind, so get your session in early.

Sunday the 26th is another marginal one. The morning has a 2ft SSW swell, but a light cross-shore breeze keeps it rippled. Not terrible, not great. The combined energy is up to a solid moderate (409), but it won’t be clean enough to get excited about.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Monday morning, July 27th, is the standout of the whole outlook. Tivives is looking at a 3ft SSW swell with glassy conditions. The combined energy is pumping at a strong 729, and the period is a healthy 19 seconds, so we’re talking proper groundswell with some real shape and power. The wind is dead calm, so the surface will be like glass. This is the session to circle on your calendar. The only downside is that Tivives is inconsistent, so you might have to wait a bit between sets, but when they come, they’ll be worth it.

Tuesday morning, the 28th, is also a solid option. Clean, glassy conditions again with a 3ft SSW swell and a combined energy of 687. Very similar to Monday, but the period drops to 18 seconds. Still a great wave, though.

The rest of the week from Wednesday the 29th onward sees a slow but steady decline. The mornings are often glassy but the swell size drops and the period shortens. By Thursday the 30th, it’s back to poor conditions with a messy cross-on wind. The weekend of the 1st and 2nd of August is a bust – tiny, short-period swell and mostly onshore or cross-offshore winds.

The second week is a bit of a desert. From Monday the 3rd of August through to Friday the 7th, the swell is tiny, mostly around 1ft to 2ft, and the period is short. The mornings are often glassy, which is nice, but the wave energy is weak (values often under 100 or just over). You’ll find some small, clean rollers for a longboard, but it’s nothing to paddle hard for. The afternoons are consistently ruined by a cross-on breeze and storm risk.

The only real highlight in the second week is a very small window on Friday morning, August 7th. A 3ft S swell with a 10-second period, glassy conditions, and a combined energy of 168. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. Don’t expect much.

So, the bottom line: If you want the best waves of the next 16 days, you’re looking at the morning of Monday, July 27th, and the morning of Tuesday, July 28th. Get out there for the glassy, long-period groundswell. After that, it’s a long, slow fade into small, clean but weak surf.

Rusty.

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