Tower Road Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.68° N 75.07° W

Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Issued: 7 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tower Road sea temperature is
25.6° C
3.2° 

Tower Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


Tower Road surf forecast from 8 Jul 2026:

  • Best quality surf: Wednesday 15 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period, ESE swell with offshore winds.
  • Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 5PM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period, ENE swell with 253 kJ wave energy.
  • Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 15 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE 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 Wednesday (Jul 15) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 8s period. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.

The most powerful waves expected at Tower Road in the next 16 days are 1.7m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore 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 TypeTime (EDT) & Date Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+) 2AM (Wed 15th Jul)3ft (0.9m) 8s
Best Surf 2AM (Wed 15th Jul)3ft (0.9m) 8s
Most Powerful 5PM (Mon 13th Jul)5.5ft (1.7m) 6s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tower Road over the next 16 days.


Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ at Tower Road for the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a grim stretch. We’re lookin’ at a long, quiet run of tiny, weak surf and poor conditions, so don’t go gettin’ your hopes up.

The water’s a real standout though – at 78°F, that’s a solid 6°F warmer than normal for this time of year. Feels more like a bath than the ocean out there. That’s the only highlight for a while.

We start off Wednesday the 8th with a measly 2ft of swell from the ENE, and a light NE breeze in the morning keeps it glassy, but the wave energy is weak at 34. That afternoon the wind swings SE and gets messy, cross-onshore. Thursday ain’t any better – tiny 1ft, and a stiff SSE wind blows cross-off in the morning, then cross-shore in the afternoon. The 8-second period on Thursday morning gives it a little bit of shape, but there’s just no size or energy to work with. Friday morning the 10th has a light offshore from the West, but again it’s only 2ft and weak energy (41).

Saturday the 11th afternoon is the only moment that might tempt a longboarder out – glassy as can be, no wind, with 1ft from the SSE. It’s tiny, but it’ll be clean. That’s about the best you’ll see in this first week, and that’s sayin’ somethin’.

By Sunday the 12th and Monday the 13th, we get a bump in size – up to 3ft Sunday afternoon, then 4ft Monday morning and 6ft Monday afternoon – but it’s all onshore wind from the ENE, making it a choppy, blown-out mess. The combined energy jumps to 253 on Monday afternoon, so there’s some push, but the wind just ruins it. That setup is way more interesting for kite surfing than paddlin’ – you’d be better off with a kite than a surfboard those days.

Tuesday the 14th morning has a glimmer of hope: 4ft from the ESE with an 8-second period and a light cross-on breeze from the North, but it’s still rated marginal at best (212 energy). Wind goes cross-off in the afternoon, but the swell drops back to 4ft.

Wednesday the 15th morning is the only other half-decent window: 3ft ESE, clean with a gentle offshore from the WSW. That’s surfable but very ordinary, energy only 81. That pattern of small, clean but weak waves carries through to the 19th and 20th, with nothing breaking the 3ft mark. The closest we get to a standout is that glassy 3ft on Friday the 17th morning and Saturday the 18th morning with a 4ft ENE swell and a moderate offshore – but again, the energy is low (52 and 74), and the conditions are just ‘ordinary.’

We then drop back into the doldrums from the 19th through the 23rd – tiny waves, choppy or cross-off winds, and poor surf conditions across the board. The gap between anything even remotely worth paddling out for is several days long, and even then, it’s barely a ripple.

Honestly, this is one of those stretches where you leave the boards at home. The swell just doesn’t have any juice, and the winds don’t do us any favours. Maybe check back in a week or two – forecasts can change, and it doesn’t usually stay this flat for too long around here.

Stay patient, catch ya next time.

Rusty

Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4-6 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
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Sunday
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
ENE
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
8
0.3
SE
9
0.3
ENE
7
0.5
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
7
0.4
SSE
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7
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0.7
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1.2
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1.7
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1.4
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7
1.3
ESE
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1.2
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8
0.9
ESE
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
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20
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13
10
23
26
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15
15
8
34
52
107
75
253
215
212
178
116
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSE
15
W
15
NNW
5
N
15
ESE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
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20
ENE
5
ESE
10
N
20
S
20
SW
Wind State
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High Tide
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
8:40PM1.66m
Low Tide
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
2:03PM-0.25m
3:04AM-0.13m
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5:41
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8:27
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8:25
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Temp °C
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Feels °C
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21
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Information about the Tower Road Surf forecast

The above surf forecast table for Tower Road provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 16 days. A general guide to surfing at Tower Road can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Tower Road surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Tower Road) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).

Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Tower Road may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.

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