Tora Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming our way.

We’ve got a single spot on the radar for the next 16 days: Tora Point. The water’s sitting at 54°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

The early part of the outlook is a bit of a mixed bag. Thursday the 6th is a write-off with cross and cross-onshore winds messing up a mushy 6ft to 6ft swell. Not worth suiting up for. Friday the 7th is where it gets interesting. We’ve got a solid 6ft to 7ft south swell wrapping in, with a long 15-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy. The wind is offshore from the NNW, and the combined energy is pumping (2253 on Friday morning, 1844 in the arvo). This is the standout window. The waves will be clean, powerful, and well-shaped at this point break. Keep in mind, at over 5ft, this is pushing it for beginners, and the longer period means the sets will have some punch. It’s a point break though, so it should handle that energy well. The crowds are rare here, so you might get a few waves to yourself.

Saturday the 8th fades a bit. The morning is average with cross-shore wind, but the afternoon goes glassy with a 5ft south swell. That’s a nice clean option for a more relaxed session, with moderate energy (566). Sunday the 9th drops off further to waist-high stuff, and from Monday the 10th through the middle of the week we’re looking at small, weak surf – mostly under 3ft with low energy (119 to 100). There’s a brief uptick on Saturday the 15th with a 4ft east-northeast swell and clean conditions, but it’s not a standout.

The second week gets messy. From Sunday the 16th, the wind swings offshore again, but the swell is a bit all over the place. A 6ft SSW swell on the 16th morning has decent energy (757), but it’s only rated as marginal. After that, it turns ugly. The 18th and 19th see a big jump in size – up to 8ft – but the wind is onshore and strong, gusting 19 mph from the south-southeast. The combined energy is massive (3121 and 3282), but the conditions are poor. That’s a lot of raw power with no finesse; more of a kite-surfing setup than a clean paddle wave. The run from the 18th to the 20th is a write-off with strong onshore winds and lumpy, choppy seas.

We get a bit of relief on the final day, Friday the 21st, with a tiny 2ft clean wave and a light offshore breeze, but it’s barely a ripple.

The true standout is Friday the 7th. Get on it. The Saturday afternoon glass-off on the 8th is a solid backup. Everything else is either too small, too windy, or too messy.

Rusty.

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