Tunnels Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright surfers, Rusty here with a look at the next sixteen days. Honestly, it’s a bit of a quiet spell for Tunnels, but we’ve got a couple of windows where it’ll be worth paddling out.

The real standout rolls in right at the beginning. Thursday the 30th is the pick of the forecast, no question. We’ll see a clean 2.6 ft south swell rolling in, with a period of 14 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell, and the offshore wind from the ESE will have those lines looking glassy. The wave energy will be moderate (390), and with the wind clean and the water a warm 79.9°, which is pretty much dead-on average for this time of year, it looks like a cracking morning session. This is the one to circle.

The rest of the period is a bit of a mixed bag, mostly thanks to the wind. Wednesday the 29th is a washout with a strong cross-on northerly breeze chopping up the 2.0 ft swell. The following days are plagued by strong to fresh cross-off trades, which, while clean-looking on the surface, are just too strong to keep the waves from getting lumpy. The swell stays small, mostly in the 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft range, and the energy drops right off. We’ve got a long stretch of ordinary to poor conditions from Friday the 31st right through the first week of August.

Looking into the second week, things get a little more interesting on the Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th. We’ll see the swell bump up to a clean 2.6 ft to 3.3 ft from the SSW with a decent 16-second period. The wave energy will be strong during that push (532-786 range). It’s still a bit of a long-range call, so don’t bank on it, but the potential is there for some fun lines if the trades ease off as forecast. The winds will still be strong, but the bigger, longer-period sea will handle it a bit better than the dribble we’ve got before.

Overall, it’s a slow start, a standout Thursday morning, and then a long lull before a possible pulse mid-month. Keep the eyes peeled for the 30th.

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