Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here.

Right, I’ve had a look at the next 16 days for Tower Road, and mate, I’ll be straight with you – it’s pretty grim. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing really going on. The first recommendation doesn’t pop up until Wednesday afternoon, the 2nd of September, and from there it’s a whole lot of “poor surf conditions” with scores of 0 right through to the very end. You’re looking at nearly two weeks where the surf is flat, weak, or blown out. There are a couple of days where it’s described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” but that’s about the best we get.

Now, let’s start from the beginning. The first surf we see is on Wednesday the 2nd of September, but it’s a write-off. The water temperature is sitting at 77° – that’s much warmer than normal for this time of year, with an anomaly of 4°, so you’ll notice that. But the swell is only 2 ft from the SE with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy of all swells is really weak at 64. On top of that, we have an onshore wind from the east at 9 mph, making it messy. Don’t bother.

Moving into Thursday the 3rd, we have a tiny 1 ft swell from the SE, period 9 seconds, weak energy (39), and while the morning has offshore wind from the SW at 6 mph – making it clean – the waves are just too small to ride. Afternoon on the 3rd is similar with a cross-offshore breeze from the WNW at 3 mph, still tiny. Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th are even smaller, with swell dropping to 1.0 ft and periods as low as 6 seconds. The glassy conditions on Saturday afternoon (the 5th) would be lovely, but there’s nothing to surf.

Sunday the 6th picks up a touch to 2-3 ft from the east, but it’s being hammered by strong onshore winds (19 mph from the NE), so forget it. Monday the 7th is slightly interesting – in the afternoon, we get a 2 ft east swell with a period of 11 seconds (groundswell), glassy conditions from a north wind, and the combined energy is 61. This is the first time the wave comment says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions” and gets a score of 1. It’s still tiny and weak, but the lack of wind makes it the only window worth a look. Because the period is over 11 seconds, the sets will have some shape, but at this size, it’s really just a dribble. This is the pick of the whole forecast, but that’s not saying much.

After Monday the 7th, it’s back to tiny junk. From Tuesday the 8th right through to the end of the forecast on Thursday the 17th of September, we see swell heights mostly between 0.3 ft and 3 ft, periods all over the shop (4 to 10 seconds), and combined energy readings that rarely crack 80. Winds are often offshore or cross-offshore, cleaning things up, but the swell is simply too small and weak to bother with. On a few afternoons, like Tuesday the 15th, we get a 3 ft east swell, but the period is a pathetic 4 seconds, so it’s just wind chop.

To sum it up: the only moment with any potential at all is Monday afternoon, the 7th of September, at Tower Road. Even then, it’s just a tiny, clean groundswell. The rest of the 16 days is a real struggle. For the size and conditions, this is more of a kite surfer’s session than a paddle surfer’s. Hang in there, though – it can’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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