Tivives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Tivives has in store for us over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, the water is sitting at a warm 86°, which feels a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a nice bonus for those dawn patrols. Tivives is an inconsistent spot, so we need to pick our moments.

We start off a bit flat and ordinary. Thursday the 27th morning brings some tiny 1ft SW groundswell with a long period of 18 seconds, but the combined energy is weak (129). It’s clean with a light cross-off breeze, but honestly, it's barely surfable. Thursday afternoon is a write-off with a messy onshore breeze. Friday the 28th morning is better news – the swell pushes up to a clean 2ft out of the SW, period 20 seconds, and energy is moderate (344). With a light offshore, it’s worth a paddle for a longboard, but it’s still small.

The real standouts in this outlook are the mornings. Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th are your best bet in the first week. Saturday morning delivers a clean 3ft from the SW with a 16-second period, moderate to strong energy (472), and glassy conditions. Sunday morning is almost a carbon copy: 3ft SSW, 15-second period, moderate energy (374) and flat calm. These two mornings offer the cleanest, most surfable waves of the whole run. The long period means great shape and energy, but at a beach break it might wall up a bit, so keep your eyes open.

Crowds are a possibility at Tivives, especially on these glassy mornings.

After that, we hit a bit of a lull. Monday the 31st and Tuesday the 1st drop back to 2-2ft with ordinary conditions. The mornings from Wednesday the 2nd through Thursday the 3rd are glassy but tiny at 1ft, just not enough to get excited about.

Then we see a real promising run building. Friday the 4th, Saturday the 5th, and Sunday the 6th all have clean, glassy mornings with solid 3ft to 3ft SSW swell, periods of 15-17 seconds, and moderate to strong energy (439, 490, 297). Saturday the 5th morning, with no wind and a solid 3ft SSW groundswell, is easily the second standout of the whole outlook. Just be warned, it gets blown out by the sea breeze each afternoon.

The second week is another mixed bag. Monday the 7th through Wednesday the 8th sees a drop in size again, with a few glassy mornings but only 2ft to 2ft surf. Energy is moderate but the waves lose a bit of push. Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th morning both show clean, glassy conditions with a building 2ft to 3ft SSW swell, 16-second period, and strong energy (451 on the 10th). That Friday morning is worth an early alarm.

We wrap up on Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th with more glassy starts and waist-high sets. It’s a consistent run of surfable waves, but the magic window is definitely those earlier mornings at the end of August and the start of September.

All in all, Tivives is going to give you some great windows, but you have to be there at sunrise. It’s inconsistent, but when it comes together, it’s worth the wait.

Rusty, signing off.

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