Tubes Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the menu for the coming weeks.

The main event is a solid, long-period SSW groundswell that pushes in Friday morning, July 24th, and sets up a short but punchy window for the experienced crew. There’s a notable gap of poor surf from the middle of the following week, and then a promising return right at the end of the first week of August.

Friday morning, July 24th is the standout. Tubes is a reef and point setup, and it’s handling a big 15ft SSW swell with a very long 16-second period. The combined energy here is ripping at 8908 (strong to very strong). That’s a serious amount of water moving. A light 6 mph W breeze makes it clean, but the swell size means this is strictly for experienced surfers. The water temp is about average for this time of year. The swell direction is a perfect match for the break’s optimum.

Friday afternoon drops off quickly with a cross-on wind, so that morning window is the one to chase.

Saturday morning, July 25th offers a second chance. The swell drops to a still-chunky 8ft from the SW, with a 14-second period and a combined energy of 2286 (very strong). The real selling point is the glassy conditions – 3 mph from the NNW, dead calm, offshore. That will make for some absolutely pristine, clean waves. Still a big wave, so it’s for the experienced.

We get a bit of a lull from Sunday, July 26th, through the week. The wind turns messy, and the swell fades. There’s a window on Tuesday afternoon, July 28th, with a clean 12ft SSW swell at 15 seconds and 5330 combined energy (very strong), but it’s a cross-off breeze and remains for the experts.

After that, we hit a dry spell. From Wednesday, July 29th, all the way through to the morning of Tuesday, August 5th, the surf is pretty much a write-off – small, onshore wind, or just poor quality. That’s a solid week of waiting.

Wednesday morning, August 5th is our next real standout. The swell picks back up to a clean 8ft from the SW, with a 13-second period and a combined energy of 2284 (very strong). And the wind? Glassy. 3 mph from the NNW, completely calm. This will be a fantastic morning for experienced surfers, with clean, lined-up waves coming through Tubes. The crowd factor is listed as "sometimes", so you might have some company, but with that quality, it’s worth it.

The window closes out with a windy, messy setup in the following days, but Saturday morning, August 8th, offers a gentle, clean end to the outlook with a 6ft SW swell, 12-second period, and 1111 combined energy (moderate), caught in glassy conditions. A nice, smaller-scale finish for the week.

Rusty.

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