Surf Forecasts:
Tower Road surf forecast from 8 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Thursday 9 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period, E swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 11PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period, E swell with 110 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 9 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Tower Road this week:
The surf forecast for Tower Road over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Thursday (Jul 09) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 8s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 9s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Tower Road in the next 16 days are 1.1m 7s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 11PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 7s period and expected on Friday (Jul 10) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Thu 9th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Thu 9th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 11PM (Mon 13th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tower Road over the next 16 days.
Hey everyone, Rusty here. Let's get right to it. The outlook for the next sixteen days at Tower Road is a tough one to write. It's a long, blank stretch with hardly anything to get excited about.
We're looking at a run of tiny, weak waves. The biggest swell we see is just 3 feet, and that's on July 13th, but it's coming in with a super short period of 5 seconds, so it'll be all mush. The wave energy is consistently low, ranging from 6 to 60. The water is sitting at 78°, which is way warmer than it should be this time of year.
The wind is the main problem. For the entire first week, it's mostly blowing onshore or across the wave from the east and southeast, keeping it choppy and poor. There are a couple of tiny windows. On the morning of July 10th we get a light offshore wind from the west-northwest with clean conditions, but the swell is barely 1 feet. The morning of July 14th goes glassy, but again, only a 2-foot swell.
The second week is more of the same. We get a few glassy mornings on July 18th and 20th, but the swell never gets above 2 feet. It's just not going to produce anything rideable at this sandbar.
Given the tiny surf, poor quality, and persistent wind, this place is looking a lot more like a kiteboarding spot than a surf spot for the foreseeable future.
This is Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 32°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 6 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | E 8 | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | ESE 7 | E 7 |
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 kJ | 34 | 28 | 41 | 47 | 58 | 44 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 47 | 39 | 69 | 40 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy |
High Tide | 2:08AM1.09m | 2:51PM1.30m | 3:07AM1.04m | 3:52PM1.38m | 4:09AM1.02m | 4:52PM1.48m | 5:10AM1.02m | 5:52PM1.56m | 6:10AM1.05m | 6:50PM1.63m | 7:07AM1.09m | 7:45PM1.66m | 8:04AM1.13m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:06PM0.24m | 8:19AM0.10m | 9:09PM0.23m | 9:12AM0.06m | 10:13PM0.19m | 10:09AM0.01m | 11:18PM0.12m | 11:09AM-0.06m | 00:21AM0.05m | 12:09PM-0.14m | 1:19AM-0.03m | 1:07PM-0.21m | 2:13AM-0.09m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 |
 | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:27 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:25 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:24 | — | 8:24 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 12 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 |
Feels °C | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | SSE 4 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | S 4 | ENE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 9 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 58 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 69 | 40 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ENE 8 | E 7 | E 8 | SE 9 | SSE 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | — | SE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | — | S 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | — | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SE 9 | E 8 | SE 9 | — | SE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 6 | — | — | SSE 6 | SSE 3 | — | — | S 7 | — | NNW 3 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 | — | — |
| kJ | 34 | 28 | 41 | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | — | 59 | — | 3 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 47 | 39 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3114 | 244 | 30 | 381 | 0 | 178 | 545 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 95 | 517 | 195 | 263 | 324 | 1171 | 17 | 1095 | 1172 | 0 | 4 |
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