Tenia Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a proper look at what’s on the cards for the next couple of weeks.

We’re kicking off with a solid pulse of energy, but it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The first few days bring some serious size, but the wind is a real problem. Monday the 3rd has a wave height of 8 ft from the south, with a long period of 12 seconds – that’s proper groundswell. The combined energy is a massive 1910, which is strong to very strong. But the wind is a fresh 30 km/h from the SE, making it a cross-off. It’s clean, but that’s a lot of wind and a lot of water. This is expert territory at 8 ft.

By the afternoon, it gets bigger, hitting 10 ft from the SSE, but the wind picks up to 40 km/h, creating a cross-shore mess. That’s a no-go for paddling – looks more like a kite day.

The real standout for the whole period? It’s got to be the morning of Thursday the 13th of August. After a long run of tiny, poor surf, the swell rebuilds. We’ve got clean 4 ft from the SSW with a 12-second period, giving a combined energy of 559 (moderate). The wind is glassy, dead calm off the SSW. For a reef break, that’s as good as it gets. The water temp is 73°, which is about 0.9° warmer than average, so nothing unusual there. The swell direction is a perfect match for the break’s optimum. This is the one to circle on the calendar. It’s a bit far out, so keep your fingers crossed, but it’s got all the makings of a classic session.

The rest of the first week is a tough watch. After the initial big swell, things drop off fast. Tuesday the 5th has a 4 ft clean wave, but the period is an incredible 19 seconds – very long. That’s a groundswell that will wrap around nicely at Tenia, a reef break, but it will be a bit straight and slow for a beach break. The wind is a moderate 25 km/h cross-off, so it’s rideable, but not the best.

From Thursday the 6th onwards, the surf gets tiny. 3 ft, 2 ft, 2 ft – for a few days it’s just small, clean waves. Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th are barely surfable, with the afternoon of the 8th turning into a messy cross-on. There’s a big gap of poor conditions from the 9th through to the 12th of August. The swell is flat, the wind is onshore or cross-shore.

Then we hit our standout Thursday the 13th. After that, the weekend of the 16th and 17th sees another pulse of swell. The morning of the 16th is glassy with 2 ft, but by the afternoon it jumps to 7 ft from the SSW. That’s a solid, powerful swell (energy 1120) but the wind is a moderate 20 km/h cross-shore, so it’ll be lumpy. Still, for a bigger wave crew, that’s worth a look. The 17th has 5 ft in the morning, but it’s a cross-on, so not great.

The final days of the forecast, the 18th, are just blown out with strong cross-shore winds. Not our time.

So, to sum it up: the first few days are for experts only, if you can handle the wind. The real gem is the morning of Thursday the 13th of August. Get ready for that one. The rest is a lot of waiting for the next pulse.

Rusty.

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