Turtle Cove Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let’s have a look at what’s cookin’ over at Turtle Cove.

Alright, so the next week and a half or so is pretty bleak. We’ve got a long stretch of poor to very ordinary conditions, with only a few windows that might get you excited. The standout is definitely gonna be Monday, August 10th, but we gotta wade through some average stuff first.

Kicking off on Wednesday, July 29th, it’s a write-off. Strong cross-onshore breeze out of the southeast at 25 mph, and the swell is a messy 7 ft from the SSE with a short, weak 6-second period. The combined energy is only 302, which is weak, and the water is sitting at 69°, about 3° cooler than normal. Not worth paddling out.

Thursday and Friday, July 30th and 31st, bring cleaner conditions thanks to a shift to light to moderate cross-offshore winds. The swell drops off though, from 4 ft down to 3 ft. The period hangs around 8-9 seconds, so it’s weak, with combined energy dropping from 240 all the way down to 89 by Friday arvo. It’s surfable if you’re desperate, but there’s no punch.

Then we hit a real flat patch. Saturday, August 1st through to Sunday, August 9th is mostly poor. Swell drops to tiny, with some days barely pushing 1 ft. The wind isn’t helping either – mostly cross-shore or moderate cross-offshore breezes. The one bright spot is a glassy, light wind session on Monday morning, August 3rd, but that 3 ft swell from the south with a 6-second period and combined energy of just 90 is barely a ripple.

Now for the good news. The real standout hits on Monday, August 10th. A solid 6 ft south swell rolls in with a very long 13-second period, packing a combined energy of 1206 – that’s strong wave energy. The wind will be light out of the northwest, making for clean conditions. This is an excellent window for experienced surfers. The swell direction from the south is a little off the optimum SE direction for Turtle Cove, but that long period should wrap in nicely onto this reef-and-point setup. Just keep in mind it’s a bit big for beginners at over 5 ft.

Following that, Tuesday, August 11th still has some size at 5 ft from the SSE with an 11-second period, but the wind turns onshore from the east in the morning, and then cross-shore from the south in the arvo, making it a bit sloppy. It’s a distant second to the Monday.

The rest of the second week, from August 12th onward, fades off quickly with smaller swell and less favourable winds, so that Monday, August 10th is your one true shot.

Stay stoked.

Rusty

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