Towradgi Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's have a look at what's coming our way for the next couple of weeks.

This is a bit of a slow burn, not gonna lie. The first week or so is mostly small, average stuff, with a few windows of clean conditions. The real standout is way down the track – the morning of Thursday the 6th of August looks like an absolute ripper, but we'll get to that. For now, be patient.

We kick off on Friday the 24th at Towradgi. It's a reef break, and it's very consistent, which is a good sign. The morning delivers a clean 4ft south swell with a light offshore breeze. The energy is moderate (300). It's surfable, but nothing to write home about. The afternoon gets glassy, dropping to 3ft but with a nice 12-second period SSE swell, giving it more shape.

Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th keep a similar theme. Saturday has clean 4ft south swell in the morning and glassy 4ft in the arvo. Sunday morning is the pick of this opening run – a clean 5ft south swell with a bit more energy pumping through (428). The afternoon turns onshore though, so get out early.

From Monday the 27th, it gets proper small. We’ve got a few days of weak, marginal surf with energy readings dropping as low as 24. The water temp is about average for this time of year. A calm, glassy morning on Monday the 27th offers a tiny 3ft south swell, and there's a glassy afternoon on the 28th with a pathetic 2ft, but it's basically a flat spell. There's a gap of a few days there where it's just not worth paddling out.

We get a bit of a pulse on Thursday the 31st of July. Friday morning looks clean again with a glassy 4ft SSE swell and solid energy (361). It's the best of the first week. The following weekend into early next week is back to small and ordinary, with onshore winds ruining most afternoons.

Now, for the good stuff. The morning of Tuesday the 5th of August is promising. It’s glassy, with a 6ft ESE swell. The energy is strong (493). The waves are going to be a bit fat and short-period (8 seconds), but with zero wind, it'll be clean.

But the absolute standout is the morning of Thursday the 6th of August. We're looking at a solid 10ft SE groundswell, with a period of 8 seconds. The energy is massive – a whopping 1095. It's glassy, so those waves are going to be lined up and powerful. This is going to be expert territory, no doubt, as anything over 8ft is only for the experienced crew. For a reef break like Towradgi, this is the real deal. This is the one to clear the schedule for. The afternoon gets a bit messy with a cross-onshore, so make the most of the morning.

The morning of Friday the 7th is still solid with a clean 6ft NE swell, and the following Saturday the 8th of August is another massive pulse – an 12ft ENE swell with a long 11-second period and energy through the roof (2974). But it's a cross-shore wind, so it's not going to be as clean as Thursday morning. That Thursday is the day.

So, to sum it up: the first week is small but has a few clean windows, mostly on the mornings. The second week builds into a couple of big, powerful swells, with Thursday the 6th of August being the real standout for experienced surfers. It's a long-range call, so we'll see how it shapes up, but it looks like a blast.

Rusty.

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