Tea Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Hey folks, Rusty here, giving you the lowdown in feet and miles.

It’s a pretty barren outlook for the next sixteen days. The only break in the game is Tea Break, a reliable reef that’s good for intermediate surfers, but the wind and waves just aren’t playing nice. The water’s about 83°, so normal for the time of year.

Starting Saturday, July 4th, it’s small and weak – surf around 3ft from the east, with combined energy of just 65, and that cross-shore breeze from the east is chopping things up. Sunday, July 5th, the morning offers a clean window with swell at 4ft and energy of 127, but it’s short-period and weak.

From Monday, July 6th, through to Thursday, July 9th, the swell builds, reaching 6ft on Wednesday morning with energy of 318, but the wind stays cross or cross-off, and the period is still short. The Thursday morning, July 9th, is the best of a bad bunch – clean conditions, 6ft swell from the east, energy of 354, and a light cross-off wind. That’s your best chance, but it’s still only marginal. Crowds are possible.

The rest of the first week and the entire second week is a repeat: swell ranging from 4ft to 7ft, but always that easterly cross-wind ruining the surface. By Saturday, July 11th, the swell drops to 0.7ft with energy of 9 – dead flat.

From there until Sunday, July 19th, it’s small to moderate swell, but the wind never lets up. The energy stays moderate, mostly between 100 and 200, but with consistent cross-shore chop, it’s not worth getting wet.

When the swell hits 5ft or more, like on several afternoons, it’s too big for beginners. And when it pushes past 7ft, like on Thursday afternoon, July 9th, that’s only for experts.

It’s a rough stretch. Nothing’s really on. But this spot breaks consistently, so the blank run shouldn’t last forever.

Rusty.

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