Turimetta Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here, your local surf reporter.

Alright, let's have a look at what's cookin' for Turimetta Beach over the next couple of weeks. It's a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest, but there are a couple of windows where it'll all come together.

We're starting off pretty quiet. The first few days, from Thursday the 6th to Saturday the 8th of August, are nothing to write home about. Tiny waves, 2 ft to 3 ft, with a short period, and the wind's all over the shop. The water temp is sitting at 63°, which is just a touch cooler than average for this time of year, but nothing too wild.

Things start to get interesting on Sunday the 9th of August. We've got a bit of a pulse from the ENE, around 4 ft, and a light cross-offshore breeze from the north cleaning things up. The combined energy is a solid moderate (203). It's not massive, but it'll be a fun little session for the intermediates.

The real standout, though, is shaping up for Tuesday the 11th of August. The morning kicks off with a clean, offshore breeze from the west and a 3 ft south swell with a very long period of 13 seconds. That's proper groundswell energy, and you can feel it in the combined energy (232). Then, the afternoon session is where it's at. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, and the swell picks up a touch to 4 ft from the south, with the combined energy absolutely pumping at 482 – that's a solid moderate-to-strong energy. Expect clean, lined-up waves, but with that long period, it'll be at its best finding a bank that can handle it. The crowds are "sometimes" here, so you might have a few mates out, but it'll be worth it.

After that, it gets a bit messy with onshore winds and lumpy conditions, but hold onto your board for the following week. Thursday the 13th of August sees a big jump. The afternoon brings a 13 ft south swell with a combined energy of 3748 – that's strong energy. The wind is a cross-offshore, but it's fresh at 22 mph. This is big, powerful stuff. By Friday the 14th of August, it's still pumping, with 12 ft swells, but the wind turns cross-onshore in the arvo, putting a bit of chop on it. The combined energy on Friday arvo hits a massive 6117. This is expert territory, over 8 ft, and not for the faint-hearted. The beach-and-reef setup here could get a bit heavy, and honestly, with that much swell and chop, it might be more of a kite-surfing show than a paddle session.

The following weekend and into the next week, the swell drops but the wind stays messy, with a lot of cross and onshore flow. By the 20th and 21st of August, we're back to small, weak surf with combined energy barely cracking 80. It's a long gap of poor conditions after that big swell.

So, to sum it up, your best bet is Tuesday the 11th of August – that glassy arvo session is the one to circle on the calendar. And if you're a proper charger, the big south swell on the 13th and 14th will be something to watch, but you'll need to be on your game.

Rusty.

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