Bar Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the table for the next couple of weeks at Bar Beach.

Alright, so the first thing you need to know is that the early part of the outlook is a bit of a slow burn. There's a gap in the action for a few days from the start, with very little that's worth paddling out for. The real story starts to build from the end of the week, with a window of clean, fun waves that looks like the best on offer. The water temperature sits at about 64°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so no shock to the system there.

The standout period is definitely Friday the 28th of August. Thursday morning starts with a bit of a messy 7 ft swell from the south, but it's cross-on and choppy, so not much to get excited about. Thursday afternoon cleans up a little, but it's still nothing special. Come Friday morning though, and we've got a clean 6 ft swell from the SSE, with a period of 11 seconds under a light offshore WNW breeze. The combined swell energy is sitting at 754, which is a solid moderate energy, and the conditions are clean. That's your best bet for the whole outlook. The afternoon turns a bit average with onshore winds, so get out early.

Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th see the swell drop a bit. Saturday morning is a bit choppy, but Sunday morning is a real treat. The swell drops to 3 ft from the south, but the wind goes glassy from the NW, and the combined energy is 266. It's small, but it's clean and could be a fun little session on a longboard. Monday morning the 31st also looks promising with a glassy 4 ft south swell, but the energy is still moderate at 362.

After that, the surf gets pretty ordinary for a long stretch. From Tuesday the 1st of September through to the 9th, the swell drops right off, with heights mostly under 3 ft. The winds are often offshore and clean, but the waves are just too small to get excited about. Combined energy readings are mostly in the double digits, well below 100, which is weak. There are a few days with longer period swells, like the 16-second period on the 31st of August afternoon, but the swell is tiny and the wind is onshore, so it's a no-go.

Then we get a significant spike around the 10th and 11th of September. On Thursday the 10th, the swell jumps to 12 ft from the SSE, with a period of 14 seconds. The combined energy is a massive 4824, that's some serious power. But the wind is cross-shore and choppy, so it's not clean. By Friday the 11th, the swell is still 10 ft from the SSE, but the wind is lighter. This is big, powerful stuff—definitely only for experts, and the beach break could get a bit raw with that long period. It's a looker, but not for the faint-hearted.

The bottom line is: Friday morning the 28th of August is the pick of the bunch. Clean, fun, moderate swell. If you're after a wave, that's your window. For the rest, it's a waiting game.

Rusty.

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