Tea Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's break down what we've got for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a grim outlook. We’ve got a full 16-day stretch, but the waves are going to be ugly most of the time. The conditions are consistently poor, so don’t plan any surf trips just yet.

Tea Break is the only game in town, and it’s a consistent reef that wants swell from the NNE. Unfortunately, we’re getting everything from the east, which is all wrong. The wind is cross-shore nearly every day, creating a lumpy, chopped-up surface. The water temp is 84°F, which is pretty much average for the season.

Starting Friday the 21st of August, we have a weak 4ft swell from the east with a short 6-second period and a 12 mph cross-shore wind. It’s bumpy and weak (combined energy of 134). That’s the story for the first week. The swell gets a bit bigger, but the wind never gives us a break. On the 27th of August, the energy jumps to 342 with a 5ft, 8-second swell, but a 19 mph cross-shore wind will shred it. Not worth paddling out.

The only time the water looks clean is Wednesday morning the 26th of August, when the wind drops to a gentle 9 mph and turns cross-offshore. But the swell is only 3ft with a 5-second period. It’s clean, but there’s no energy.

Into the second week, the swell holds at 4ft to 6ft, and the energy gets serious. By Sunday the 30th of August, we’ve got a 6ft, 8-second east swell with a combined energy of 401, but the wind is still cross-shore. That’s a lot of water moving, but with the wrong wind and the wrong direction, it’s going to be a messy, blown-out shorebreak.

The final days into September stay the same: 4ft to 5ft swell, short period, and always cross-shore or onshore. There’s no good session in sight. The swell never swings around to the NNE that Tea Break needs.

With consistent, poor-quality waves and a cross-shore wind, this setup is honestly better for kite surfing than paddle surfing. For us, it’s a total bust.

Rusty.

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