Triggs Beach Adelaide Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple of weeks.

Flat. Flat. And more flat. I’m looking at this 16-day window and honestly, there’s nothing good happening. From the 28th of July all the way through to the 12th of August, Triggs Beach Adelaide is just a sad story. Every single session is marked as poor surf conditions. The swell is tiny, the wind is wrong, and the energy is just not there.

We start off on the 28th with a bit of a lump, but it’s onshore, messy, and only 5 ft to 5 ft of weak, short-period slop. The combined energy is only 104 to 175 (moderate, but with no quality). Then it just drops away. From the 30th of July right through to the 5th of August, it’s practically flat. You’ll get a few mornings with glassy or clean conditions, but with wave heights below 0.3 ft, you’re not surfing anything. Even the long-period pulses on the 5th and 6th are tiny – 0.3 ft with periods up to 19 seconds, but no power behind them. The combined energy numbers are all in the single digits for those days.

There’s a brief flicker of something on the 9th of August, with a 4 ft swell from the north, but by then the wind is onshore from the west, and it’s just a messy, weak wave. The energy is only 84. Then on the 10th, we get a 5 ft, 6-second windswell, but the wind is strong and cross-onshore, making it a total write-off. The energy is 156, but it’s poor quality.

For a beginner spot like Triggs, which is sheltered and inconsistent, this kind of blank run is actually pretty normal. It’s a reef break that rarely sees good, clean swell. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, no anomalies to report.

If you’re a kite surfer, the 10th of August might have some cross-onshore wind and a bit of lumpy chop, but for a paddle surfer? There’s simply nothing to get excited about. It’s a long, flat stretch. Keep an eye on the forecasts, but honestly, this one’s a hard pass.

Rusty.

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