Tengan Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about what’s cookin’ for Tengan.

Right off the bat, Tuesday afternoon is your only real window in the whole 16-day run, and it’s a beauty. We’ve got a clean 3ft swell coming from the ESE, with a long 16-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy, and the wave energy is sitting at a solid 519 (moderate). The water is 83°, which is pretty much right on the money for this time of year, no weirdness there. And the wind? Glassy, mate, from the WNW at just 3 mph. That reef setup at Tengan will be smooth as silk. It’s a beginner-friendly wave, but it’s inconsistent, so don’t expect a wave every minute. For that one afternoon, it’s about as good as it gets here.

After that, it’s a long, grim stretch. Wednesday the 8th, the swell jumps to 5ft, but the wind swings to a cross-onshore NE at 9 mph, making things choppy. By Wednesday afternoon and right through the rest of the week, the swell builds way up – 10ft to 16ft – but it’s all onshore wind, gale-force at times, with thunderstorms. Combined energy hits 17078 (strong to very strong) on Friday morning, but that’s just raw, messy power. That’s kite-surfing territory, not paddle surfing.

We’ve got a total flat spell from Saturday the 11th all the way to Monday the 13th morning, with zero swell and blown-out conditions. Then from Monday afternoon through to the end of the forecast on the 22nd of July, we get tiny dribbles of surf – 0.3ft to 2ft – mostly with poor winds. There are brief moments of glassy conditions on the 15th and 19th, but the swell is just too small to bother paddling out for.

So, bottom line: Tuesday afternoon, 7 July, is your one standout. Get it while it’s glassy and clean, because after that, the coast goes quiet and angry for a long while.

Rusty.

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