Tengan Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the books are open for the next couple of weeks, but the first few pages are blank. There’s a solid run of waves on the horizon, but we gotta get through some wild weather first. Then things go quiet again, so you gotta pick your moments.

The big story is this Friday and Saturday. That’s when a serious, dangerous pulse of northwest swell slams into Tengan. I’m talking huge. The swell energy is off the charts, with values around 24,665 on Friday morning and a mind-boggling 49,114 by the afternoon. That’s some deep ocean juice. The problem is, this break just can't handle it. The forecast predicts waves of 26.2ft and then 37.7ft. That’s not surfable; that’s a survival mission. The wind will be howling out of the northwest at 59 mph and then 81 mph. The conditions will look clean, which is a tease, but you’d be crazy to paddle out. Even the most experienced chargers should sit this one out. This is kite-surfing territory with that kind of wind and size, not paddle surfing.

But just before and after that monster, it’s all over the place. The real low point is the weekend. Saturday, the wind goes nuts out of the south and southeast at 87 mph. Hurricane force. There's nothing but a tiny, junky windswell, and even that’s gone by afternoon. It’s flat and dangerous. Sunday and Monday aren't much better. The swell drops to almost nothing, with a bit of short-period east energy, but the wind stays strong and messy. There’s some clean windows on Monday morning with a light cross-offshore, but there’s just nothing to surf.

The water temp at Tengan is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Now, the long-range stuff is where we get a little hope. The forecast for Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th is for Tengan (West Aceh) to maybe see some chest-high waves. Choppy, junky, short-period east swell at 1.3ft, but at least there's a little something to push you around. But it’s not worth a special trip. It's more of a "if you're already there" kind of session.

The real promise, if you can call it that, is for the final days. Around Tuesday the 19th and Wednesday the 20th, there’s a pulse of long-period groundswell from the east. The period jumps up to 8 seconds, and the swell holds around 2.6ft. It’s a beach and reef setup, and long-period swells can be tricky. But it might offer a couple of better-shaped waves. It's a long way out, so treat this as promising but far from certain.

Honestly, the outlook is bleak. The standout days are the ones you shouldn't be in the water, and the rest is flat or junky. This spot goes through these blank runs. The only real bet for a wave is that small east pulse late in the second week. But even that is nothing to get excited about.

Stay safe out there.

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