Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Gather 'round, it's Rusty. I've been staring at the charts for our patch, and I'm not gonna lie to you—it's a quiet stretch. We're looking at a long, long gap of flat, poor surf from now until the end of the month. The first real chance of anything even remotely surfable doesn't arrive until the 1st of September, and even then, it's a whisper.

Let's get into it. The first record we have is for Tuesday the 25th of August. Tower Road is seeing a tiny 1 ft SE swell, but it's a side-shore wind and the call is "poor surf conditions." The rating is a zero. Don't even bother. That pattern of small, weak, and messy holds through the rest of August. We've got days of onshore and side-shore winds, with swell energy barely registering (21 for that first morning, then dropping into the teens). The water temp is sitting at 77°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that's the only thing that's slightly interesting.

Now, we skip ahead. After a week of nothing, we finally get a small glimmer. On the morning of Friday the 28th of August, a gentle offshore wind from the SW arrives with a 2 ft ESE swell. The energy is still weak (87), and the conditions are described as "surfable but very ordinary." It's a 1 out of 10. It's a window, but it's a very narrow one, and the risk of thunderstorms is lurking. The swell period is a short 8 seconds, so it'll be a bit mushy and close out. This is a "maybe" for the most desperate.

Then, another dry spell. The next notable moment arrives on Monday the 1st of September. The morning sees a 1 ft SE swell, but here's the kicker—the period jumps to 15 seconds. That's a very long period groundswell. The energy is still low (74), but that long period means the waves will have some shape and push. Combined with a light side-offshore breeze, it's clean. This is another "ordinary" day, but it's the best on offer in the entire 16-day window. A long period swell at a sandbar like Tower Road can be a bit tricky, as it might break too straight, but for a micro-swell, it's a welcome sight.

The rest of the run into September stays tiny. A glassy morning on the 2nd with a 1 ft, 12-second SE swell (energy 54) is clean, but it's still just a ripple. The truth is, there's no standout day here. The best we can call it is a few sessions of "surfable but very ordinary" conditions. The crowd profile at Tower Road is "sometimes," so you might get a few others out there for these tiny scraps.

If you're a kite surfer, the strong offshore winds in the second week, like the 19 mph W on Friday the 4th of September, might look interesting, but for paddle surfing, it's a long wait for very little reward.

Rusty, signing off.

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