Tullan Strand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into this one. It’s a bit of a quiet stretch ahead for Tullan Strand, but let’s walk through it day by day.

The best bet in this entire 16-day window is Monday morning, July 27th. We’ve got a clean 4ft swell coming from the WNW with a period of 10 seconds, and a light cross-offshore breeze from the south at 6 mph. The water is sitting at 62°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a nice bonus. Combined energy is 346, which is moderate and will give you some push. With Tullan being a consistent, exposed beach break, expect decent little lines. Crowds can show up sometimes, so keep that in mind, but early Monday morning should be worth the paddle.

After that morning session, it’s a downhill slide. Monday afternoon turns messy with a cross-onshore wind and choppy conditions, and that pattern just keeps going. Tuesday the 28th is all cross-shore wind and sloppy surf, with the swell dropping a bit. Wednesday the 29th is small and onshore, with only 3ft to 3ft and weak energy values down around 105 or less.

Thursday the 30th gets a bit of a bump in wind – fresh breeze, 19 mph – but it’s onshore or cross-shore and the surf quality is poor. Not worth suiting up.

From Friday July 31st, it really bottoms out. Swell drops to 2ft or 2ft with very short periods (6 seconds) and hardly any energy (28 to 29). That continues through the first week of August. We’re looking at tiny, weak surf with inconsistent cross-offshore winds at times, but nothing with any power.

From August 4th onwards, the swell drops even further to 0.7ft at times. There are some clean, offshore wind windows in the mornings (especially August 5th with light ESE winds), but the swell is simply too small to ride. Periods look better (10 to 14 seconds), but without any size, it’s just a flat spell.

There is a tiny uptick around August 6th morning – 3ft from the WNW with a light offshore, energy at 67 – but the period is short at 6 seconds and the later wind on that day goes nasty. The rest of the second week is similar: small, weak, often onshore or cross-shore.

So the only real standout here is Monday morning, July 27th. After that, it’s a long stretch of nothing special. A kite surfer might get a buzz from some of the stronger wind days, but for a paddle surfer, this is more about taking the moment when it’s there and being patient.

Rusty.

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