Surf Forecasts:
Tullan Strand surf forecast from 21 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Monday 27 Jul, 1AM (local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period, WNW swell with 904 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Tullan Strand this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Tullan Strand in the next 16 days are 2.2m 10s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Jul 27) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Mon 27th Jul) | 7ft (2.2m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Tullan Strand over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks.
To be straight with you, this outlook is a tough one. For a stretch that goes almost two weeks, we are looking at a whole lot of nothing good. The first real flicker of something rideable doesn’t show up until Friday the 31st of July. Before that, from now right through to Thursday the 30th, it’s a write-off. The swell is tiny, the wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, and the energy readings are pitiful – mostly in the double digits (like 46, 29, 11). There’s a pulse of bigger swell around the 25th-27th, with combined energy hitting the 500s and 600s, but it’s all wrapped in a fresh cross-shore or cross-onshore wind, making it lumpy and messy. That’s more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddle-surfing one at Tullan Strand. Don’t even bother paddling out.
Finally, we get a shift on Friday the 31st of July. The morning shows a clean, cross-off wind with a 1.0m swell from the west, period at 11 seconds (a decent groundswell). The energy is moderate at 247. It’s still a bit early in the day. The real standout is Friday afternoon. We’ve got a moderate offshore wind from the southeast, cleaning up that 1.0m west swell nicely. The period holds at 10 seconds. It’s not huge, but it’s clean and workable. Crowds are listed as ‘sometimes’ here, so don’t expect to have it to yourself, but for clean little waves, it’s the best on offer in this whole 16-day window. This is the one to aim for.
After that, it drops back to tiny junk on Saturday and Sunday with light, messy winds. The long-range stuff into the first week of August looks similarly poor. Keep an eye on that Friday the 31st – that’s your window.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | NNW 6 | W 9 | W 9 | NW 7 | NW 6 | NW 6 | W 8 | NW 6 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | W 8 | WNW 9 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 30 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 132 | 144 | 181 | 517 | 463 | 399 | 481 | 640 | 904 | 663 | 520 | 586 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:47AM2.61m | 00:05AM2.78m | 12:44PM2.51m | 1:05AM2.54m | 1:52PM2.47m | 2:18AM2.41m | 3:05PM2.52m | 3:33AM2.42m | 4:10PM2.65m | 4:34AM2.51m | 5:01PM2.82m | 5:21AM2.64m | 5:44PM3.01m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 5:31AM0.72m | 5:37PM0.94m | 6:23AM0.94m | 6:44PM1.14m | 7:26AM1.09m | 8:06PM1.24m | 8:37AM1.15m | 9:24PM1.21m | 9:43AM1.10m | 10:26PM1.08m | 10:35AM0.97m | 11:14PM0.92m | 11:18AM0.80m | 11:55PM0.76m | |||||||
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 | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:52 | — | — | 9:51 | — | — | 9:49 | — | — | 9:47 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:43 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | NW 6 | W 9 | NW 6 | NW 6 | W 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | — | — | WNW 10 | — | — | — | — | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | — |
| kJ | 30 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 132 | 144 | — | — | 463 | — | — | — | — | 663 | 520 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 9 | — | W 9 | W 8 | NW 6 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 15 | — | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 6 | NNW 6 | NW 5 | — | NW 7 | — | — | — | NW 6 | — | — | W 8 | WNW 9 | — | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | — | — | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 16 | 22 | 14 | — | 15 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 181 | 517 | — | 399 | 481 | 640 | 904 | — | — | 586 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 272 | 1219 | 241 | 23 | 92 | 114 | 114 | 496 | 51 | 304 | 555 | 279 | 114 | 502 | 998 | 233 | 727 | 429 | 40 | 92 | 276 |
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