Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s chew the fat on this forecast.

I gotta level with you – this is a tough nut to crack. The whole 16-day window is a real struggle. We’re looking at Tower Road, a sandbar setup that’s open to the swell, but the juice just isn’t there. The water is sitting at 76°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, so that’s a nice thing if you’re wettin’ a line, but it doesn’t make up for the lack of waves.

The first few days are a total washout. The combined swell energy is weak, barely hitting double digits. Monday the 31st of August has a tiny 1.0ft SE swell with a short period of 8 seconds, and the energy is only 11. It’s glassy in the morning, but the surf is just too small and weak. Tuesday the 1st of September is the same story, with a clean 1ft swell but still no power. Wednesday the 2nd sees a bit of a bump in energy to 81, but it’s blown out by strong onshore winds from the NE. That’s not surfable.

We get a bit of a break Thursday the 3rd of September with light offshore winds and glassy conditions, but the swell is still a pathetic 1ft. It’s clean, but not rideable. Friday the 4th and Saturday the 5th are choppy and messy. The weekend of the 6th and 7th sees a slight uptick in swell size. Sunday the 6th has a 3ft NE swell, but it’s choppy with cross-onshore winds, and the energy is still only 81. Monday the 7th of September is the only real standout in this whole period, and even then, it’s just barely surfable. We get a 2ft E swell with a 9-second period, and the wind goes glassy. The energy is 79. Conditions are clean, but the waves are very ordinary. It’s the best you’re gonna get, but I’d keep expectations low.

After that, it’s back to the same old song. The energy drops off again through the second week, with only a small spike on Monday the 14th of September. We get a 4ft NE swell, glassy in the morning, but the period is short at 5 seconds and the energy is only 62. It’s another “surfable but very ordinary” day. The rest of the fortnight is a mess of cross-shore winds and tiny, weak swells. The 16th and beyond look like a total blank.

Look, there’s no standout day here. The best on offer is the 7th of September for the glassy conditions, but don’t expect any power. The 14th might have a little more size, but the short period means it’ll be crumbly. For the most part, this is a long stretch of flat to poor conditions. Given the beach break setup and the persistent small, weak swell, this is honestly more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Rusty.

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