Tower Road Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s lined up for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, this is a bit of a tough stretch for Tower Road. We’re looking at a long, slow start with very little to get excited about. For the first week and a half, the surf is tiny and the conditions are just ordinary. The water temp is sitting at 77°F with a water temperature anomaly of 3°F, so it’s a touch warmer than usual for this time of year, which is nice for a paddle but doesn’t help the waves.

From Monday the 24th all the way through to the end of August, you’re looking at swell heights barely cracking 1ft to 2ft, and the energy is weak, with combined swell energy readings mostly in the teens and twenties. There’s a brief moment on Thursday afternoon the 27th where the swell bumps up to 3ft from the SSE, but the period is a short, chunky 5 seconds, so it’s not going to have any push. The wind is a bit all over the place too – some cross-off, some onshore, but nothing that’ll make these dribblers any good. It’s a poor run of surf.

The only real standout, and I mean the *only* one worth marking on your calendar, is Thursday the 3rd of September. The afternoon session looks like it could be a proper event. We’ve got a solid 7ft swell rolling in from the east, with a combined swell energy of 827 – that’s a lot of power. The wind is onshore from the east at 9 mph, and the comment says wind and tide will be favorable, but the catch is the swell is predicted to be too big for this break. At 7ft, that’s expert territory, and with a short period of 7 seconds, it’s going to be a heavy, crumbly mess. The break is a sandbar, exposed to ENE, which is a good direction for the east swell. But for most of us, this one’s a look-only session. The sets are going to be meaty.

The days after that, into the 4th and 5th of September, the swell stays big (6ft to 7ft) but the wind swings around to a strong cross-shore from the NNW, gusting up to 19-22 mph. That’s going to chop it up badly. It’s more of a kite-surfing scene than a paddling one at that point.

So, to sum it up: you’ve got a long dry spell until Thursday the 3rd of September. That afternoon is the one window where the swell is pumping, but it’s only for the brave and the experienced. The rest of the time? Leave the board at home, mate. The forecast might change, but for now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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