Surf Forecasts:
Tower Road surf forecast from 2 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 7 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period, E swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 7 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period, E swell with 60 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 7 Sep, 5AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s 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 Monday (Sep 07) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 9s. 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 0.6m 9s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Sep 07) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 11PM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 5AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Mon 7th Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tower Road over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, this is Rusty, and I'm looking down the barrel for the next sixteen days. Let's be straight: it's gonna be a quiet run. Nothing that's going to have us scrambling for the wetsuits.
We kick off on Wednesday the 2nd with absolutely nothing. Tower Road is seeing tiny little 2ft waves from the SE, but the wind is honking onshore from the NE at 12 mph, ruining them. The water is a balmy 77°F, a couple degrees warmer than usual for this time of year.
Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th clean up with offshore wind, but the waves are puny, barely 1ft. Friday afternoon goes glassy, which is pure torture with that little swell. You could take a log out, but you'll be doing more floating than surfing.
Sunday the 6th sees the swell bump to 2ft from the ENE, but the NE wind is cross-onshore, making it choppy. That pattern of "small and onshore" or "clean and tiny" just repeats through the whole first week. For a sandbar like Tower Road, this kind of extended flat spell is pretty normal.
The second week looks just as lean. Saturday the 12th of September brings the biggest swell of the whole 16-day window hitting 3ft from the ENE, but with a short period of 5 seconds. That’s just windswell, and it's bumpy with the cross-onshore wind. Honestly, it looks more interesting for the kite surfers than paddle surfers.
Later on, Monday the 14th sees some cleaner cross-off winds with a 2ft SSE swell, but still not enough power to get excited about. The long-range stuff for Thursday the 17th shows a glassy morning with a 0.7ft swell from the ESE and a period of 13 seconds – a very long period groundswell, but with so little height, it's just teasing us.
There are no standouts. The best you'll find is a tiny window of clean, small waves on Monday morning the 7th, or a slightly bigger but messier bump on Saturday the 12th. We've got a good week and a half of this ahead. Forecasts can change, but right now, it's a waiting game.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sat morning, calm by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 2 | Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ESE 8 | NNE 4 | ESE 8 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 8 | E 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 |
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 kJ | 57 | 49 | 44 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 35 | 42 | 45 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 15 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:08PM1.46m | 00:25AM1.12m | 1:03PM1.44m | 1:21AM1.03m | 2:07PM1.42m | 2:26AM0.98m | 3:16PM1.42m | 3:37AM0.98m | 4:26PM1.44m | 4:46AM1.04m | 5:29PM1.48m | 5:48AM1.12m | 6:25PM1.51m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:30PM0.22m | 6:30AM0.14m | 7:32PM0.28m | 7:28AM0.16m | 8:38PM0.31m | 8:31AM0.17m | 9:47PM0.30m | 9:38AM0.14m | 10:54PM0.25m | 10:45AM0.08m | 11:54PM0.17m | 11:49AM0.01m | 00:46AM0.08m | ||||||||
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 | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
 | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:25 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:21 | — | — | 7:20 | — |
mm | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 30 | 26 |
Feels °C | 26 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 10 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ESE 8 | SSE 6 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | SE 9 | E 7 | E 8 | E 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 |
| kJ | 57 | 49 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 42 | 45 | 37 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 15 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 4 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 4 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | S 5 | ESE 8 | S 6 | SE 8 | S 6 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 1 | 2 | 44 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | E 5 | — | E 6 | E 7 | ESE 8 | S 6 | — | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | ENE 5 | — | — | — | — | N 3 | — | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | NNW 3 | ENE 5 | ENE 7 | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 4 | S 4 |
| kJ | 10 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 25 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 221 | 697 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 51 | 134 | 358 | 467 | 1409 | 246 | 31 | 324 | 4 | 4 | 585 | 211 | 17 | 4 | 128 |
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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).
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