Surf Forecasts:
Towan surf forecast from 17 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 23 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period, N swell with 164 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Towan this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Towan in the next 16 days are 1.5m 6s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 23) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Thu 23rd Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Towan over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let me tell you straight up, the next 16 days are a bit of a heartbreaker for the Towan area. The truth is, there's just no good surf on offer for the whole stretch. Nothing. Zip. It's a tough run, but sometimes that's the way it goes around here.
The first few days are a write-off. Friday the 17th through to the end of the month, we're looking at tiny, weak waves. The swell is a piddly 1 ft to 4 ft, but that's not the real problem. The wind is just a mess – mostly cross-on shore, from the north, making everything choppy and lumpy. It's basically a flat spell dressed up with a side of bad wind. The combined energy never gets above moderate (the highest being 91 on Saturday afternoon, 18th July), and even that's just messy.
There is a little glimmer of hope on Tuesday morning, the 21st of July, with a glassy morning. The wind is off the sea, dead calm, and the swell is 3 ft from the NNW. But the period is a short 6 seconds, so it's gutless, and the combined energy is only 76. It's clean, but it's not surf you'd paddle out for. The rest of the week is the same story: onshore winds and tiny, weak swells.
The second week doesn't get any better. We start seeing some cross-offshore winds from the west, which is a better direction for the break, but the swell heads are still tiny. By the 28th of July, we get a bit of a jump in energy, hitting 114 on Tuesday afternoon from a WNW swell, 2 ft. But it's blowing 25 mph, so it's clean but howling. The best looking day in the whole run might be Friday the 31st of July, with a moderate offshore wind from the SW and a clean 1 ft to 1 ft, but it's still just ankle-snappers.
Honestly, for the whole 16 days, there's not a single standout. The water is a touch warmer than normal right now, but you won't be in it enough to notice. It's a period to put the board away, fix a ding, or go for a long walk on the beach. This is a total dud. Nothing to get excited about.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Sat afternoon, light winds from the NE by Sun night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | NNW 6 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | N 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 12 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 75 | 92 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 15 | 24 | 64 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 40 | 57 | 164 | 74 | 23 | 20 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 8:23PM6.83m | 8:47AM6.34m | 9:08PM6.57m | 9:31AM6.06m | 9:52PM6.19m | 10:15AM5.70m | 10:37PM5.73m | 11:02AM5.33m | 11:26PM5.27m | 11:54AM4.98m | 00:23AM4.88m | 12:56PM4.72m | 1:30AM4.63m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 2:22PM0.24m | 2:51AM0.21m | 3:05PM0.43m | 3:34AM0.50m | 3:48PM0.75m | 4:17AM0.88m | 4:32PM1.13m | 5:01AM1.29m | 5:19PM1.53m | 5:49AM1.68m | 6:13PM1.88m | 6:45AM2.00m | 7:18PM2.13m | ||||||||
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 | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:22 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:20 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:16 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
Feels °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 4 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | N 6 | W 7 | W 9 | N 5 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | NNW 6 | NNW 5 | WNW 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | N 5 |
| kJ | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 42 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 20 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | SW 13 | SW 5 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | W 7 | SW 19 | W 12 | WNW 11 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | SW 16 | W 16 | W 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 11 | W 13 | — | W 21 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 18 | W 8 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 13 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | — | N 5 | N 5 | — | N 5 | N 6 | — | — | N 5 | N 5 | N 5 | N 6 | N 6 | N 5 | — |
| kJ | — | 5 | 13 | 39 | 75 | 92 | — | 18 | 28 | — | 23 | 64 | — | — | 27 | 40 | 57 | 164 | 74 | 23 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 281 | 1776 | 405 | 402 | 567 | 393 | 241 | 42 | 281 | 56 | 388 | 387 | 1 | 36 | 21 | 250 | 567 | 335 | 5 | 565 | 399 |
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