Tip Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it’s Rusty here, looking at what the next couple of weeks have in store for us at Tip Beach. Straight up, we’ve got a bit of a mixed bag to work through. The week starts with some worthwhile waves, then there’s a dry spell, before a serious pulse of energy shows up later on.

The best session on offer this week is Monday morning, July 6th. We’ve got a solid 7ft swell rolling in from the SSE, with a period of 10 seconds. The wind is glassy out of the SE at only 3 mph, so the ocean is going to be smooth as. Combined wave energy is sitting at 867 (moderate energy), and the conditions are set up for some very good surf. It’s an exposed beach setup, so it’ll be handling that energy well. Beginner surfers should note the 7ft – it’s getting a bit too big for them. Keep an eye on the crowds too, as it can get busy here sometimes. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

Tuesday morning the 7th is also a solid shout. Swell drops slightly to 5ft from the SE (9-second period), but it’s clean with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SW at 6 mph. That clean face will make for some fun lines.

After that, we hit a real lull. From Thursday the 9th right through to Sunday the 12th, the surf gets small and weak, with heights dropping below 3ft and combined energy values falling into the low hundreds or even below 100. It’s not going to be worth paddling out for anything serious.

Early the following week, the 14th and 15th of July, the swell starts to rebuild, but it comes with a caveat. On the afternoon of Wednesday the 15th, the swell pumps up to 10ft from the S, with energy hitting 1514 (strong energy). But this thing is too big for Tip Beach. Even the clean cross-offshore wind from the SW at 19 mph can’t save it – this is one for the experts only, if anyone’s mad enough. The period is 9 seconds, so it’s not a super clean groundswell, just a lot of raw power.

By Thursday the 16th, it backs down a notch to 8ft from the SSE, still with clean cross-offshore wind. It's doable for experienced surfers, but it’s still a heavy day.

The highlight of the whole run, looking way out, is Tuesday the 21st of July. A massive 15ft swell from the SSE with a period of 11 seconds and combined energy of 5404 (very strong energy) is forecast. That’s an absolute monster. The wind is cross-offshore again, but for a beach break like Tip, a swell this size is just too much. It’s going to close out and be dangerously powerful – only for the most experienced big-wave chargers, and even then, you’d want to have a good think about it. It's a promise for the long-range, but remember, it's two weeks away and things can change.

So here’s the takeaway: Monday the 6th is your primo morning this week. After that, we’ve got about five days of nothing before the ocean starts to wake up, but it gets wild and mean around the 15th. Keep your eyes on that long-range date on the 21st, but don’t get your hopes up for a clean ride on that one.

Rusty.

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