Tuckers Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks.

To be honest, it's a pretty flat spell we're looking at right now. The forecast for the entire 16-day window is a long run of poor conditions. There's a brief moment where things almost get interesting, but it's not much to write home about.

We start off on Monday, the 3rd of August, with a weak, short-period SE swell around 4 ft. That sounds okay, but it's coming in with a solid 16 mph onshore wind, making a mess of things. The combined wave energy is a weak 94, and it's just poor surf. This carries on through Tuesday and Wednesday, with the swell dropping below 3 ft and the winds staying onshore or cross-onshore. The energy stays weak, barely cracking 100.

The best chance we get is on Thursday the 6th of August. The swell stays small at 3 ft from the SE, but the energy bumps up a touch to a moderate 125. The real story is the wind. Thursday afternoon goes glassy, with a light breeze from the ENE. That's a major positive. For a brief window, the conditions clean up. The wave comment calls it "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which is about right. It's a tiny window, and the swell is still small and short-period (8 seconds), so it won't have much push. It's really the only time the wind cooperates.

Friday morning the 7th sees a clean offshore breeze from the north, but the swell drops to 2 ft and the energy falls to 80. It's clean, but there's no juice. From Friday afternoon all the way through to the end of the forecast on the 18th, it's a grim run of tiny surf, mostly under 2 ft, with weak energy often below 50. The winds are all over the place – cross-shore, cross-on, some glassy moments – but there's just no swell to work with.

Tuckers is a point break that's fairly consistent and exposed to the ESE swell. The optimum swell direction is ESE, which matches what we're getting, but the size is just too small. The water temp is a warm 81°, about normal for this time of year.

Honestly, there's no standout here. The one day to maybe, *maybe* get a log out is Thursday afternoon the 6th if the glass-off holds. But if you're after a proper wave, the next two weeks are a write-off. It's a blank run, and for this area, that's not unusual when the swell windows are this narrow. Keep an eye on the charts, these things can change.

- Rusty

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