Timber Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let's be real with you. Timber Cove is dead flat for the first part of this stretch. Days of nothing—just ankle slappers around the 2 to 3 feet mark, with a cross-onshore breeze making it choppy and ugly. The energy is weak, readings in the low 200s to mid-300s, like 218 and 256. The swell is straight out of the WNW but with short periods around 8 seconds, so there's no push, no power. It's a dead spell, no two ways about it.

There's a hint of life late on Monday the 21st, with the swell bumping to around 6 feet, but the period only goes to 9 seconds and the wind is light and cross. The energy reading is 956, which is moderate, but it's still pretty junky. The next morning has a bit more shape—4 feet at 12 seconds—but it's still marginal.

The real change comes on the 26th. That Saturday morning, the swell pushes to just over 5 feet out of the WNW, and while the period is only 9 seconds, the energy jumps to 741. It's glassy-ish with a slight cross-on wind. That's the first day worth paddling out. But even that gets trumped the next morning.

Sunday the 27th is the standout. The swell jumps to around 6 feet out of the NW, with a period of 8 seconds and a strong energy reading of 850. The wind is light and cross-on, but it's clean enough. This is the biggest surf of the whole run, and at 6 feet, it's right on the edge for most—bigger, but not crazy. This is the one.

After that, it backs off again. Monday the 28th is back to around 3 feet, and Tuesday the 29th has a bit more size in the afternoon—around 6 feet out of the NW—but the wind is fresh and lumpy, making it a messy cross-chop. The energy is strong at 1141, but the conditions are poor, so it's not worth the hassle unless you're just after some push.

Water temps are sitting around 58°, which is about normal for this time of year, so a full suit is the call.

Bottom line: there's one real window here, and it's that Sunday the 27th. It's not a classic by any stretch—short period means it'll be a bit walled off—but it's the best of a rough bunch. Everything else is either too small, too messy, or just plain flat. Timber Cove is fairly exposed, so it catches a bit of everything, but when it's this inconsistent, you're just waiting for one good pulse. This is that pulse. Make the most of it.

Rusty

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