Tivives Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, checking in with your regional surf outlook. Let’s see what’s coming down the pike for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a pretty drawn-out, quiet stretch on the cards, so don't go expecting any epic days, but there are a few windows that’ll be worth a paddle.

The main story is the swell is going to be tiny for most of this run. Look, the highlight here is really the clean conditions we get on a few mornings. The energy is weak, with combined swell energy values hovering in the low to mid 300s, but it’ll be glassy.

Let’s start with the best of it. Tuesday, July 7th morning is a standout for the whole period. Tivives is the spot, and the morning will be pure glass with the wind coming out of the North at 0 mph. The swell is only 1 yard, but it’s a long-period SSW groundswell at 18 seconds. For a reef setup like Tivives, that long period is a big positive – it’ll wrap in with some real push and shape. The water temp is about average for this time of year. It’s a pretty small, inconsistent wave, but when it’s that clean, it’s perfect for a longboard or a fish. The morning of July 8th Wednesday and July 9th Thursday are also nearly identical: glassy, clean, with 1 yard and 0.7 yard SSW swell respectively. Those mornings are very good options, too.

Now, there’s a rough patch after that. The mornings from July 10th Friday onward start getting lumpy, with afternoon sea breezes onshore from the South. Saturday July 11th and Sunday July 12th mornings look pretty poor, with cross-onshore winds ruining the face. There’s a real gap of nothing much happening from that Friday right through to around the 14th or 15th.

Things start to look a bit more interesting again on the morning of Wednesday, July 15th. The wind swings back to a glassy Southwest breeze at 3 mph, with a nice 0.8 yard SSW swell. It’ll be clean, but the swell energy is only 274, so it’s still a small-wave session. The morning of July 18th Saturday is also glassy but the swell is down to 0.7 yards from the South.

For the last run of the forecast, July 19th Sunday and 20th Monday mornings have a little more size at 0.8 yards from the South, but the wind is coming from the NW, putting a cross-shore bump on it. It’s surfable, but not as clean as those earlier glassy windows.

So, to sum it up: your best bet is to get on it Tuesday, July 7th at dawn. After that, you’re waiting for the next glassy window on July 15th. The crowds at Tivives are “sometimes” a thing, so on those clean mornings you might have some company, but it’s the best offer in town.

Rusty

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