Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it's a pretty grim outlook for Tower Road. The first nine days are about as flat and ugly as it gets. Tiny waves, all sorts of crummy wind – cross-onshore, some straight onshore, a little cross-off now and again – but none of it adds up to a single worthwhile wave. The combined energy from all the swells is stuck in the low double digits, from 14 to 49 units. That's not surf; it's a bathtub.

Starting Monday the 21st of September, we finally see some size, but it's coming with a brutal onshore wind. East-northeast breezes over 18 mph, blowing right into the break. The swell bumps up to 6ft on Tuesday the 22nd with 302 units of energy, but with a 25 mph easterly wind on top of it, you’re looking at a complete mess, not a surfable wave. Forget about it.

Now, there is one day that gets the heart rate up: Thursday the 24th. The numbers lock in for a moment. We’re talking a solid 6ft to 8ft of east-southeast swell, period around 8 seconds – not a groundswell but enough to pack a punch. The combined energy soars to 424 in the morning and a massive 719 by the afternoon. And here’s the kicker – that afternoon the wind swings around to a cross-shore north-northwest at 12 mph, which is about as clean as it ever gets at Tower Road. But here’s the problem: at 8ft, this exposed sandbar is going to be a beast. That’s expert-only territory. Beginners, you’ll be watching from the car park. This is the only true standout in the whole 16 days – a single, powerful window for the experienced crew only. But it’s a long way off, so keep the expectations tempered; the forecast is shaky that far out.

After that little spike, it’s back to the same old story. Choppy, messy, cross-onshore junk with the wind howling over 25 mph again and the energy dropping back below 100. A long, quiet stretch for a single, heavy moment.

Rusty.

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