Toes Over Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, gather ‘round. Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for our little stretch of coast. To be honest, it’s been a bit of a slow burner. We’ve got a fair amount of swell in the water over the coming days, but the wind’s been playing silly buggers, keeping it messy for the most part. The water’s sitting at a balmy 72°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a thick wetsuit.

So, here’s the story. We’re looking at a pretty flat and uninspiring start. From now through to the end of next week, the swell at Toes Over is mostly rubbish – tiny little things around 1 ft to 2 ft, and the wind is either straight onshore or cross-onshore, making a mess of things. It’s a long gap of nothing really worth paddling out for.

Things finally start to flicker to life around Tuesday the 25th of August. We see a building swell, pushing up to around 4 ft from the SSE, with a decent period of 16-17 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell and the combined energy jumps right up to 954 (moderate to strong). The wind is a bit messy at first though – cross-shore on the Tuesday morning with some chop. It’s still just a “marginal” call.

The real standout, the one that catches my eye, is the morning of Wednesday the 26th of August. We’ve got a clean-looking 4 ft swell from the S, with a period of 14 seconds and a solid 751 energy reading. The wind is light and onshore at 6 mph from the SSW, but with that much low-period groundswell, it might hold together a bit better on the sets. The crowds are listed as “sometimes” here, so you might have a few mates out, but nothing too cooked. It won’t be perfect, but it’s the best we’ve got in that first week.

Looking further out, the final week of August has a few promising mornings, like the 27th and 28th, with 4 ft to 4 ft SSW swell again, but the wind is light onshore. It’s a long-range prospect, so take it with a grain of salt, but the energy readings in the 500-700 range suggest there’s some proper push behind it. The 29th of August morning has a 3 ft, 18-second groundswell from the SSW, which could be a sneaky good session if the wind gods play nice. Just remember, a period that long can be a bit flat at the beach, but might wrap in nicely. It feels like the surf is finally waking up after a long, sleepy spell.

Rusty.

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