Tenia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is a bit of a tough one to call. The next 16 days here at Tenia are looking pretty average overall, with a lot of windy, choppy days to sit through. The water temp is sitting right about where it should be for the time of year, nothing unusual there.

The first few days, starting Thursday the 13th and going through Saturday the 15th, are just a write-off. We’re looking at small, weak swell with a combined energy of just 189 to 775 (moderate at best), and the wind is cross-shore or cross-onshore, making a mess of things. You'd be paddling into bumpy, wind-affected lines.

Sunday the 16th actually sees a jump in swell size, getting up to 6ft, and the period stretches out to a very long 15-16 seconds. That's a lot of energy in the water (1687-1937), but the wind is howling out of the SE at 18 to 25 mph, creating a lumpy, cross-chop mess. That’s kite-surfing territory, not clean surfing.

Monday the 17th and Tuesday the 18th are much the same story. The swell stays big, with that long period, but the wind doesn't let up. Tuesday morning is the first real glimmer of hope with a clean, cross-off breeze, but the swell has dropped to 4ft and the energy is still high at 1798. It’s a marginal one, but could be the best of a bad bunch.

We get a bit of a reprieve Thursday the 20th. The morning sees a 5ft swell from the SSE with a clean, cross-off wind and a combined energy of 756. The period is a short 8 seconds though, so it’ll be a bit soft and lumpy, but at least it's clean. The afternoon stays clean but the swell drops.

From Friday the 21st through to Tuesday the 26th, it's a real mixed bag of onshore winds and small, weak swells. Nothing worth paddling out for.

Then, out of the blue, Sunday the 23rd of August morning offers a brief moment of pure magic. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, and a 1ft, 17-second groundswell from the SW rolls in. The energy is only 154, so it's small, but that glassy surface and long period mean it’ll be a super clean, long-lining wave at the reef. It’s a proper session for a log or a longboard.

Looking further out, Friday the 28th of August morning shows a bit of a pulse. A 7ft, 11-second SW swell pushes the energy up to 1053, but the wind is cross-shore. It's a marginal call, but something to watch.

Honestly, if you had to pick a standout, it’s that glassy Sunday the 23rd morning. It’s small, but it’s the only time the conditions really come together for clean, proper surf. The rest of the window is a battle with the wind.

Rusty.

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