Tip Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Tip Beach.

The next two weeks are a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. We start off with a bit of swell, but it’s not really doing us any favours with those winds. The first few days are pretty ordinary, with a fresh breeze on Saturday the 25th making things a little lumpy. We’ve got some 7ft swell from the SW with a period of 10 seconds, but that cross-off wind isn’t helping it clean up properly. The combined energy is moderate at 861, but the conditions are just marginal. It stays similar through Sunday, with the swell dropping off a touch.

Now, Monday the 27th is where we see a little glimmer. The morning goes glassy with a slight air, and we’ve got a tiny 2ft groundswell from the south with a solid 10-second period. It’s not big, but that glassy wind will make it look nice for a quiet paddle. The combined energy is weak at 112, but for a small-wave cruiser, it’s the best on offer in the first week. After that, the surf really drops out. We go into a dry spell from Monday afternoon all the way through to Tuesday the 5th of August. There are a few pulses here and there, like a brief 6ft on Wednesday the 29th, but those winds are still cross-off and the quality is marginal at best. The swell direction is mostly S to SW, which is fine, but the wind just won’t let it shine.

Then we get to Thursday the 6th of August, and things start looking interesting. The morning brings a clean 6ft SE swell with a 9-second period and a light breeze that’s blowing cross-off. The combined energy jumps to a moderate 670, and it’s looking like the best session of the whole run. This is the standout – a proper clean, surfable wave for an intermediate. The wind is light, the swell is there, and it’s not too crowded.

But hold on to your board shorts because on Friday the 7th of August, things go a bit wild. We’ve got a massive 15ft SE swell rolling in with a 11-second period. The combined energy is a whopping 7370! That is a serious amount of water moving around. The wind is light and cross-off, but that size is for experts only. It gets even bigger on Saturday the 8th, with the swell pushing 15ft and the energy hitting 10899. This is way beyond your standard paddle. For a beach break, that much long-period swell from the SE will be closing out hard and breaking in deep water – it’s really a setup for those with a serious death wish or a kite. Sunday the 9th stays in the same realm.

So, the honest call: the real standout window is Thursday morning, the 6th of August. Glassy, clean, solid 6ft SE swell. That’s the one to mark on the calendar. The end of the first week has a couple of tiny glassy moments, but nothing to get excited about. The big swell at the end of the run is promising for the brave, but right now it’s too far out to count on.

Rusty.

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