Tea Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what we’ve got coming up.

Mate, I’m not gonna lie to you – this is one of those outlooks where you might wanna leave the board in the car and just watch the horizon for a while. We’re looking at a solid 16-day run here for Tea Break, but it’s all the same story: cross-shore winds and chop. Nothing’s coming together nice and clean.

The swell’s hanging around from the east, mostly between 3 ft and 5 ft, with the odd reading bumping up to 6 ft on the afternoon of the 22nd. That sounds promising, right? But the period is short – mostly 5 to 8 seconds – so it’s all wind-slop and weak energy. The combined swell energy sits mostly between 104 and 243 (243 is moderate energy at best), which tells you there’s just no grunt behind it. It’s messy, and with that moderate to fresh easterly breeze blowing from 12 to 19 mph, the cross-chop is gonna be your constant companion. Every session is tagged “poor surf conditions” with a score of zero. That’s rough.

Because the only break we’ve got in the mix here is Tea Break – a consistent reef setup that’s exposed to the east and works best on a NNE swell. But we’re not getting NNE, we’re getting east. So the direction’s off, the wind’s wrong, and the water temp anomaly isn’t even mentioned, but it’s probably just average for the time of year.

Look, from Monday 13 July right through to Tuesday 28 July, there is no standout. Nothing. I can’t even point to one morning or afternoon that looks better than the rest. It’s all the same: cross-shore wind, lumpy surface, weak swell. If you’re a kitesurfer, this setup might be more interesting – steady wind and chop. But for a paddler? Hard pass.

It’s rare to see a consistent spot like Tea Break go this quiet for this long. Usually, things turn around, but in this 16-day window, there’s nothing that gets my heart racing.

Stay patient, mate. Forecasts change.

Rusty

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