Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up at Tower Road over the next couple of weeks.

Straight up, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – the next 16 days are looking pretty grim for a proper paddle. We’ve got a long stretch of small, weak, and mostly messy conditions. The water temp is sitting at 25°, which is a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, so at least you won’t be freezing your toes off if you do go for a float.

The first real chance of anything even worth mentioning comes on Wednesday afternoon, August 19th. There’s a tiny 1 ft swell from the SE with a period of 9 seconds, and the wind is glassy from the NW. It’s clean, but the combined energy is a measly 31 – that’s barely a ripple. The wave comment is "poor surf conditions," and honestly, you’d be doing more floating than surfing. Thursday morning the 20th has a similar tiny 1 ft SE swell, 8 seconds, with a light cross-offshore wind from the S, keeping it clean, but again, combined energy is only 18. It’s a waist-high dribbler at best.

Friday the 21st turns ugly. The wind swings onshore from the ENE at 16 mph while the swell bumps up to 3 ft, but it’s a short, weak 5-second period from the ENE. Combined energy is 46, but it’s just a messy, chopped-up shorebreak. Not worth your time.

The whole stretch from Saturday the 22nd right through to Thursday the 27th is a write-off. We’re looking at swell heights between 0.7 ft and 1.0 ft, with periods all over the place, and mostly cross-off or onshore winds. The combined energy drops into the teens and twenties. It’s a flat spell, plain and simple.

Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th see a bit more size, with swell hitting 4 ft to 4 ft from the ENE, but the period is a terrible 5 seconds. The wind is howling onshore at 25 mph, making it a total mess. The combined energy jumps to 144 and 152, but that’s all wind swell and chop. This setup really looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, if that’s your thing.

The last days of August and into the start of September don’t offer much relief. Swell stays small, around 1 ft to 2 ft, with a mix of cross-on and onshore winds. The combined energy slowly climbs, hitting 201 on the afternoon of September 2nd, but the wave comment is still "marginal surf forecast." The wind is a light cross-onshore, so it’s clean-ish, but the swell is small and weak.

There’s nothing here that’s a standout. The best you could hope for is a very small, clean session on the 19th or 20th if you’re desperate, or maybe a marginal look at Tower Road on September 2nd afternoon, but that’s a long way off and not reliable. For now, it’s a rest week for the boards.

Rusty.

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