Tivives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s take a look at what we’ve got on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

Alright folks, it's a bit of a slow burn. We’ve got some surf coming in, but it’s not going to be a barn burner every day. The main player for the next week or so is a gentle, long-period SSW groundswell – think consistent pulses of energy but we're talking about waist to chest-high sets at best, maybe a touch bigger on the best days. What really makes the difference for us is the wind; we’ve got a few windows of glassy or light offshore conditions that are going to turn things on, especially on the mornings.

The standout for this whole stretch has to be Wednesday the 29th of July. Point your board at Tivives for the morning session. We’re looking at clean 3 ft SSW groundswell pushing through with a long 16-second period – that’s proper energy for this break, and the combined swell energy reading is sitting at a solid moderate 426. The water temperature is sitting at 86°, which is a touch warmer than average for this time of year, so you can leave the wetsuit at home. The wind is a light, offshore NW breeze at just 3 mph – that’s going to keep the face smooth as glass. This is your window.

After that, conditions drop off in the afternoons as the wind swings onshore. A few mornings do offer some glassy windows with clean 2 ft to 3 ft waves, but the energy drops steadily through Thursday and Friday, and then we get a real lull. From Sunday afternoon right through to mid-week – the 2nd of August to the 6th of August – it’s a real gap. The swell dips under 2 ft and the energy readings fall below 100 (77 at the lowest) – really not worth paddling out for.

Then we start to see a shift. Thursday the 13th of August on the morning – now this is one to circle on the calendar. It’s still a little way out so don’t take it to the bank just yet, but the setup looks promising. We've got 2 ft SSW groundswell with a very long 17-second period, and the combined energy is climbing back up to a healthy 333. The best part? The wind is calm, dead zero, glassy as a lake. That combination of long-period energy and perfect glass is a recipe for clean, peeling lines at Tivives, especially if it holds the optimum SW direction. That’s likely the second-best call of the whole outlook.

A quick note on that long period swell – with the period pushing 17 seconds, those waves have a lot of energy in them. It’s a true groundswell, so expect longer lulls between sets, which makes paddling back out a bit easier, but the waves themselves will have a lot more push and shape. For a break like Tivives which is fairly exposed to the SW, that’s a good thing.

That's the story, folks. A few nice clean mornings, one absolute cracker to start, and a promising one in the second week. Don't waste your time on the flat days in between.

Rusty.

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