Tora Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up, folks. Rusty here. We’ve got a mixed bag of a forecast on our hands for Tora Point, stretching out over the next couple of weeks. Let’s get into it.

The pattern starts with a bit of a painful wait. The first few days are a write-off with small, messy, onshore slop. Sunday and Monday the 19th and 20th are just no good – cross-shore winds and choppy, marginal conditions. You’ll be sitting that out on the beach, trust me.

Then we get a proper window. Tuesday morning, the 21st of July, is where it finally clicks. The wind swings offshore from the NNW at a light 6 mph, cleaning up a solid 7ft groundswell out of the SSW. The combined energy is a hefty 2018, so there’s plenty of push. This is a long-period swell at 15 seconds, which means it’ll be powerful and lined up perfectly for a point break like this. The water’s sitting at 54°F, which is bang on average for the time of year, so no surprises there. Tuesday afternoon holds the same vibe with a slightly smaller 6ft swell and glassy offshore winds. This is the standout. The whole day is clean, the crowd factor is rare, and it’s set up for experienced surfers to have a blast.

Wednesday the 22nd sees the swell drop to 4ft with a cross-off wind, but it’s still clean. After that, we hit a long flat spell. From Thursday the 23rd through to the end of the month, the swell dies right off, barely a bump. There’s a big gap of several days with nothing worth paddling out for.

The second week brings a big, powerful pulse, but you’ve got to be careful. On Monday the 27th of July, a massive 13ft SSW swell rolls in, but it’s accompanied by a nasty 25 mph cross-onshore wind. The combined energy is a massive 3483, but it’s just a washing machine. That’s more of a kite-surfing show than a paddle session.

The real salvation comes on Tuesday the 28th of July. Early morning, the wind is a clean offshore from the NNW at 9 mph, and that same 10ft SSW groundswell is still pumping with 3470 combined energy. The period is 13 seconds, so it’s a proper groundswell. This is the second standout: excellent conditions for experienced surfers only. The afternoon wind swings onshore, so get on it early.

The days that follow offer a slow fade. Wednesday the 29th has a clean 6ft SSW swell with offshore winds, and Thursday the 30th fades out quickly. The final days of the forecast, into the 1st and 2nd of August, are small again, but there’s a glimmer on Sunday the 2nd with a clean 6ft SW swell and offshore winds that might give you a few fun ones to finish the run.

So, the picks of the fortnight are without a doubt Tuesday the 21st of July for the best combination of size and glass, and Tuesday the 28th of July for the big, powerful, expert-only bomb. The rest is a waiting game.

Rusty.

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