Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s get into it.

Alright, mate, I’ve been staring at the charts for Tower Road, and I gotta be honest with you – it’s a pretty grim run for the next couple of weeks. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with hardly any surf worth paddling out for. The first bit of action doesn’t even show up until Wednesday morning, July 22nd, and even then, it’s nothing to write home about.

So, Wednesday the 22nd is our starting point. We’ve got a small 3ft SSE swell rolling in with a short period of 8 seconds and weak energy. The wind is WSW and offshore, which is a positive, so the surf will be clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That afternoon, it drops to 3ft, wind swings WNW and cross-off, still clean but the energy is even weaker. It’s just enough to get wet, but that’s about it.

Then we hit a massive dead zone. From Thursday the 23rd all the way through to late July, the scores are zero. We’re looking at tiny waves, poor conditions, and onshore or cross-shore winds making a mess of it. There’s a brief moment on Tuesday the 28th where the afternoon goes glassy with a 2ft SSE swell, but the energy is still weak and the period is a short 6 seconds. It’s a flat, wobbly mess.

The next blip of hope comes on Friday, July 31st. The swell jumps up to 5ft from the ESE, with moderate energy, but the period is still a short 6 seconds. The wind is a light cross-shore, so it’s not terrible, but the wave comment says it’s poor surf conditions. The morning of the 31st is the biggest swell of the whole run, but it’s weak and messy. That afternoon drops to 5ft. It’s honestly more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer given the beach break setup and the short period.

After that, it’s back to the doldrums. Saturday August 1st has a couple of 3ft and 2ft waves with clean conditions, but the energy is low and it’s just “surfable but very ordinary”. From Sunday August 2nd, it’s almost completely flat with energy dropping to single digits for a couple of days.

There’s a tiny pulse on Monday August 3rd with a 4ft SSE swell and moderate energy, but the wind is cross-shore and it’s scored as poor. Tuesday August 4th morning has a 4ft SSE swell with the highest energy in the whole forecast – but the wind is cross-off and clean. It’s the best of a bad bunch, but it’s only rated as a marginal forecast. The period is 8 seconds, so it’s not a proper groundswell.

Honestly, if you’re desperate, the window around July 31st to August 1st offers the most size, but the quality is poor. Tuesday August 4th morning is the cleanest of the bigger swells, but it’s still a gamble. For a beginner, anything over 5ft is pushing it, and that 5ft on the 31st is on the edge. For anyone else, this is a long stretch of flat and poor conditions. The combined swell energy is weak to moderate at best, with the highest being moderate, but that’s got cross-shore winds and a score of zero.

It’s a tough one. The water temp is about average for the time of year, so no surprises there. Just not much to work with.

Rusty.

Read more