Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – we're looking at a pretty grim run for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, the first recommendation isn't coming until the 23rd of July, and even then, it's a tough one. Tower Road is a sandbar setup that's exposed to the swell, but the energy is barely registering. We're looking at a combined energy of just 40 (weak), with a tiny 1ft swell from the southeast. The period is a meager 8 seconds, so it's just windswell junk. The wind on Thursday afternoon is a light cross-on from the east, which isn't the cleanest.

The water temperature is 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. That's about the only good news.

We go through a whole string of days here – Friday the 24th, Saturday the 25th, Sunday the 26th, Monday the 27th, Tuesday the 28th, Wednesday the 29th, Thursday the 30th, Friday the 31st, and then well into the first week of August. Every single entry is marked as "poor surf conditions" with a score of zero. The swell fluctuates between 0.7ft and 4ft, but it's always accompanied by onshore or cross-onshore winds, or it's just too weak and short-period to form a proper wave. The combined energy never gets above 89 (weak), which tells you everything you need to know.

There is a very brief moment on Tuesday the 28th of July in the afternoon when the wind goes glassy, and the sea state is described as "glassy." But the swell is only 2ft from the SSE with a period of 6 seconds and a combined energy of 36 (weak). It's a flat, glassy lake, not surfable waves. Similarly, on Tuesday the 4th of August in the morning, we get glassy conditions again, but the swell is just 1ft with a period of 7 seconds and energy of 43 (weak). It's still not enough to ride.

The best on offer, if you could call it that, is possibly Saturday the 25th of July afternoon. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the east, but it's a short period of 6 seconds, and the wind is a direct onshore from the east-northeast at 12 mph. It will be a messy, blown-out mess. Not worth paddling for.

Because the swell is small and the wind is often strong and onshore, this entire setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There are no standouts. Nothing is worth highlighting. The forecast is a blank run, and for this area, that seems to be a normal pattern. Don't hold your breath; forecasts can change, but right now, it's a solid two-week gap of nothing.

Signing off, Rusty.

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