Surf Forecasts:
Tower Road surf forecast from 12 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 13 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, ESE swell with 58 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Tower Road this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Tower Road in the next 16 days are 0.9m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 13) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 5s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 16) at 2AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Mon 13th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tower Road over the next 16 days.
Alright, this is a tough one to call. I’m looking at the whole 16-day window for Tower Road, and honestly, the surf just isn't showing up. It's a flat spell, plain and simple. There’s a stretch of over a week and a half with nothing really worth paddling out for.
We start off Sunday, July 12th, with a tiny 3ft swell from the ENE, but it’s a short-period 5 seconds and the wind is howling onshore at 16 mph. It’s a mess. The combined wave energy is weak at just 55, and the water’s sitting at a pretty normal 75° for this time of year. That little bit of energy doesn’t last, and by Monday the 13th it’s even smaller.
The whole first week is a write-off. We get a moment of glassy conditions on the morning of Tuesday, July 14th, but the swell is a pathetic 1ft. It’s clean, but there’s nothing to ride. There are a few afternoons with offshore winds—like Wednesday the 15th and the following Monday the 20th—but the swell is just too small to generate any proper waves. The energy readings are all in the low double digits or single digits, which tells you it’s barely a ripple.
Into the second week, it doesn’t get any better. Thursday the 23rd sees a tiny 1.0ft swell with a period of 9 seconds, but it’s a cross-shore wind and the energy is still only 31. The best conditions we see are some clean, glassy mornings with offshore or cross-off winds, like on Saturday the 25th and Monday the 27th, but the swell is too small to even call it a wave. It’s just a lake out there.
There’s no standout session. No window big enough or clean enough for a proper surf. The setup is a beginner-friendly sandbar, but when there’s no swell, even the beginners are out of luck. For a spot that’s fairly consistent, a blank run like this is unusual, but it happens. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but right now, I’d save the wax.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 35°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | NNW 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | N 4 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 42 | 33 | 51 | 42 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:50PM1.63m | 7:07AM1.09m | 7:45PM1.66m | 8:04AM1.13m | 8:40PM1.66m | 8:59AM1.18m | 9:32PM1.62m | 9:53AM1.21m | 10:22PM1.55m | 10:45AM1.23m | 11:10PM1.44m | 11:36AM1.23m | 11:57PM1.31m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 12:09PM-0.14m | 1:19AM-0.03m | 1:07PM-0.21m | 2:13AM-0.09m | 2:03PM-0.25m | 3:04AM-0.13m | 2:58PM-0.26m | 3:53AM-0.14m | 3:52PM-0.21m | 4:41AM-0.12m | 4:46PM-0.13m | 5:28AM-0.08m | 5:42PM-0.02m | ||||||||
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 | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — |
 | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:22 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 24 |
Feels °C | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 5 | S 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 10 | SSE 6 | S 6 | SE 9 | — | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | — | — | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | SSE 5 | — | E 14 | N 3 | ENE 5 |
| kJ | 9 | 4 | 3 | 14 | — | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | SE 9 | ESE 9 | E 8 | E 8 | — | E 16 | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | E 7 | SE 14 | NE 4 | E 13 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | E 5 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | — | SSE 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | S 3 | SSW 5 | — | S 5 | NW 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 3 | N 3 | N 4 | — | — |
| kJ | 42 | 33 | 51 | 42 | 30 | — | — | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 42 | — | 24 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 324 | 1169 | 467 | 701 | 2444 | 7 | 7 | 599 | 216 | 211 | 43 | 56 | 31 | 382 | 517 | 466 | 467 | 1043 | 466 | 786 | 697 |
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