Towan Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, I’ve had a look at what’s on offer for Towan over the next couple of weeks, and I’ve got to be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim outlook. The forecast is a long, quiet run with very little to get excited about. The first real chance of anything resembling a surf doesn’t come until Tuesday the 11th of August, and even then it’s hardly a classic.

We start off with a whole lot of nothing. From the 1st of August right through to the 10th, the conditions are just plain poor. The swell is tiny, mostly around 1 ft to 2 ft, with a combined wave energy barely reaching 99 on the best of those days. The wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, you name it – and it’s just making a mess of what little bump there is. There’s a glassy morning on the 3rd of August with 3 ft from the WSW, but it’s still labeled poor surf. It’s heartbreaking.

Now, the first day that might get your heart beating a little is Tuesday the 11th of August. The morning brings a 4 ft swell from the west, with a period of 10 seconds, and a combined energy of 331. That’s a moderate wave energy, and the wind is a light cross-offshore out of the WSW, so it’ll be clean. The afternoon bumps up to 5 ft from the west, with a period of 10 seconds and a combined energy of 530. The wind stays cross-off. It’s surfable, but the conditions are described as “very ordinary,” so don’t expect perfection. This is your best bet in the whole window, but it’s a modest one.

Wednesday the 12th of August offers something similar. Morning has 4 ft from the west, 9-second period, and a combined energy of 240, with a light offshore from the SSW. Clean again. The afternoon sees the same height but the wind picks up to a moderate offshore from the WSW. It’s still surfable, but again, ordinary.

Saturday the 15th of August morning has a 4 ft swell from the west with a 7-second period, and a moderate offshore wind from the WSW. The combined energy is 174. It’s surfable, but the short period means the waves will be a bit weak and lumpy. That afternoon the wind gets too strong and the surf gets downgraded to poor.

Sunday the 16th of August has a 4 ft west swell, but the wind is a strong cross-offshore from the west at 25 mph, making it a messy, blown-out affair. Definitely not one for the paddle.

Towan is a beginner-friendly beach and harbour setup, sheltered and fairly consistent when there’s swell, but it just doesn’t have the size or the quality to make it worthwhile here. The swell direction is from the west, which is the optimum direction for this spot, but the energy is just too weak for most of the period. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing special.

So, to wrap it up: the standout, if you can call it that, is the morning of Tuesday the 11th of August. That 4 ft, clean, cross-offshore surf with moderate energy is the best of a very poor bunch. The afternoon of the same day is a touch bigger but also a bit messier. If you’re desperate, that’s your window. The rest is a write-off for a good paddle. Keep an eye on it, but I wouldn’t be making any plans.

Rusty

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