Tengan Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's take a look at what Tengan has in store over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a pretty grim run for Tengan for a good stretch here. This is a reef break that’s inconsistent at the best of times, and for the first week and a half, the conditions are just plain ugly. We’re lookin’ at a long, dry spell with basically no surf worth paddling out for until we hit the very end of the first week of September. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The first real glimmer of anything decent doesn’t pop up until Saturday the 5th of September. That morning, we get a clean, 3.3ft wave from the NNW with a moderate offshore wind out of the west. The combined swell energy is moderate (300). It’s not huge, but it’s the first time the wind is actually workin’ with the wave. The afternoon drops off a bit to a 2.3ft E’ly swell, but still clean.

Sunday the 6th of September is the standout. The morning session is your best bet with a clean 3.6ft wave from the north, a period of 10 seconds, and a light offshore wind from the NW. The combined energy is moderate (356). It’s a proper, clean little wave. The afternoon stays clean with a 3.3ft north swell, though it's a touch smaller. This is the one to circle on the calendar—it’s the best we’re gonna get in this whole outlook.

Before that, don’t even bother. The middle of the second week, around the 3rd and 4th of September, we get some proper sized swell—9.8ft to 13.1ft—but it's accompanied by severe gale-force winds and stormy conditions. That’s a hard pass. The setup there is more interesting for kite surfers than for a regular paddle surfer.

So, to sum it up: a whole lot of nothing, then one tidy little window on the 5th and especially the 6th of September. Get on it if you can.

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