Bethune Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let me tell you straight up: it’s been a rough stretch for surf around here. The waves are tiny, the energy is weak, and we’re looking at a long, frustrating gap before anything even worth paddling out for shows up. We’re talking about Bethune Beach, and the water is sitting at a bit cooler than normal for this time of year, 82°, about a degree off the usual, so it’s a touch chilly for summer.

Right now, Friday morning, we’ve got some lumpy little 2ft waves from the east, but with a weak 8-second period and only 46 units of combined energy, it’s just not doing anything. The wind is light but onshore, so it’s messy. That theme holds through the weekend and into next week – tiny surf, mostly under 2ft, with barely enough push to get you going. The combined energy barely breaks 40, and often it’s down in the teens and twenties. Saturday morning gives us a brief moment of clean conditions with light cross-offshore wind, but the swell is still only 2ft and 43 energy units – it’s surfable, but only just, and very ordinary.

We limp through the rest of the week with the same story: small, weak, and mostly clean but completely lacking in size. Even when we get a glassy morning on Monday the 27th with zero wind, it’s just 2ft of weak, short-period energy. There’s no punch. The pattern is locked in.

Now, if you’re looking for a silver lining, you have to wait until Friday, August 6th and the following Saturday. That’s when we finally see a change in the swell direction – a little pulse from the ENE and NE with a longer period, around 11 to 12 seconds. The combined energy bumps up to 91 units on the afternoon of the 6th, and the swell height jumps to 1ft from the NE. That’s still tiny, but the longer period at least gives it some shape. The wind is still cross-onshore, so it won’t be perfect, but it’s the most interesting we’ve seen in two weeks.

If I had to pick a standout, it’s the Thursday afternoon, August 6th – the swell is only 1ft, but the period is 12 seconds and the direction is from the NE, which is a proper groundswell. The energy hits 91 units, which is the best we’ll see. The break is an exposed sandbar, so that long period could wrap in a little, but it’s also a beach break, so it might be a bit too straight. Still, for this area, that’s the best on offer. The rest of the time, honestly, it’s more of a kite-surfing setup with the consistent cross-shore winds and tiny, weak waves.

So, in short: the next week and a half is a write-off. The only real window is the first few days of August, and even then, it’s for the patient surfer. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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