Tuckers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a hard look at what’s coming down the line for Tuckers, the point break we’re working with. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a long, bleak stretch for the next couple of weeks. There’s a whole lot of nothing happening, and when there is a little pulse of energy, the wind and conditions ruin it.

We start with a real quiet spell. From Sunday the 19th right through to the 27th of July, it’s all poor surf conditions. The swell is tiny to small, mostly around 1ft to 6ft from the SE, but the real killer is that wind. It’s cross-shore or cross-onshore and fresh to strong, with a lumpy, choppy mess on the surface. The wave energy is weak to moderate (28 to 349) but none of it translates to rideable waves. Even the Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th, when the swell bumps up to 5ft–6ft, the onshore wind from the SSE and SE just wrecks it. That size is beyond beginner-friendly, but with that wind, even the experts won’t be stoked. There’s even the risk of thunderstorms hanging around those days.

The only genuine standout, the one window of hope in this entire 16-day outlook, lands on Wednesday morning, the 29th of July. Now, it’s not pumping, but it’s a true anomaly in this run. Swell is tiny at 2ft out of the NNE, but the period is a weak 6 seconds – so it’s a short, sloppy wind swell. But here’s the thing: the wind goes glassy. That’s right, a slight air, glassy conditions. The water will be flat as a lake, and those small, clean faces will actually be rideable. The combined wave energy is weak (94), described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” For this forecast, that’s our best shot. It’s a small window, so grab it if you want a board under your feet.

After that, from the 29th afternoon right through to Monday the 3rd of August, it’s back to the same story: poor surf. Wind picks up again, swells stay small, and it’s all cross-onshore or cross-shore chop. The combined energy never kicks off (14 to 149), and the whole period just fizzles out.

Bottom line: there’s no fire in this forecast. Tuckers is a point break that loves a clean ESE groundswell, but neither the direction nor the wind are going to play ball for almost the whole run. We get one morning of glassy, tiny waves on Wednesday July 29th. That’s it. Keep your expectations on the floor.

- Rusty

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