Turners Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Turners Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, we're not looking at any kind of classic surf window here. For the next week and a half, the waves are small and the quality is pretty average at best. It’s not a total flat spell, but it’s a long stretch of “ordinary” conditions. There's a real gap from now until the start of September where you’d be hard-pressed to find a proper session, but there's a glimmer at the very end of the forecast that might just be worth circling on the calendar.

Let's break it down. We start off on Monday, August 24th with a small 2ft SSE swell but glassy conditions in the morning. The combined energy is moderate (193), but the waves are just too weak to get excited about. The afternoon turns messy with a cross-shore wind. This pattern of small, poor-quality surf just drags on. Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are write-offs with onshore winds and short-period windswell. There's a brief moment on Wednesday afternoon with glassy conditions, but the swell is still weak and messy.

Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th see cleaner conditions thanks to offshore and cross-offshore winds, but the swell stays stubbornly small—between 2ft and 3ft—and the energy is moderate at best. You could get a few fun ones on a longboard, but it's nothing to write home about. The weekend of August 29th and 30th is similar: clean, small waves with a bit more energy (264 on Saturday afternoon), but still very much a small-wave affair. Sunday the 30th has a 5ft ESE swell with offshore wind, but the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’ll be lumpy and weak despite the moderate energy reading (385).

The first few days of September are a write-off—onshore winds, choppy conditions, and poor surf. Nothing worth paddling out for.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Skip ahead to Saturday, September 5th. In the afternoon, we finally see something promising: a 2ft SSE swell but with a very long period of 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell energy. The combined energy jumps to a strong 479, and we’ve got moderate offshore wind. The conditions will be clean, and that long period will bring some real push despite the small height. This is the standout session of the whole forecast. Sunday the 6th morning keeps the good run going with a 3ft SSE swell, 13-second period, glassy conditions, and strong energy (406). This is the other real highlight. After that, it fades back into small, poor surf to finish the run.

The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual.

So, the call is simple: don’t bother for the next week and a half. The best on offer is Saturday afternoon, September 5th and Sunday morning, September 6th. That long-period groundswell with clean conditions will be the pick. It’s a long way out, so keep an eye on it, but that’s the one to aim for.

Rusty.

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