Bethune Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at what’s headed our way here at Bethune Beach.

Honestly, mate, it’s a tough stretch. If you’re hanging out for a proper surf, you’re going to be doing a lot of waiting. The next 16 days are looking flat, tiny, and messy. There are no days that I’d call good, but there are a couple of moments where you might scratch an itch if you’re desperate.

Saturday 22 August – Sunday 23 August
Right off the bat, it’s pretty grim. Waves are small, around 1ft to 2ft from the east and east-southeast. Saturday morning starts with a glassy surface and a light south-west wind, but the swell is just too weak. The combined wave energy is a pathetic 20, so there’s nothing pushing through. By the afternoon, the wind swings east-southeast at 12 mph, making it cross-shore and choppy. Sunday morning is glassy again with a tiny 1ft swell, but with an 8-second period, it’s just not doing anything. The energy jumps to 164 on Sunday afternoon, but it’s still labelled as poor conditions and the cross-shore wind ruins it. Not worth paddling out.

Monday 24 August – Thursday 27 August
These days are a write-off. Swell barely scrapes 1ft, mostly from the east and east-southeast. Periods are all over the place from 8 to 14 seconds, but it doesn’t matter because the energy is weak (15 to 42). Winds are mostly cross-shore or cross-off, and on Monday, a north wind brings cross-on conditions. Nothing here for a surfer.

Friday 28 August
There’s a tiny glimmer on Friday morning. Swell pushes up to 1ft from the east, with a 9-second period. Combined energy hits 46, which is still weak, but it’s rated as ‘surfable waves but very ordinary conditions’. The wind is light and glassy from the north-northwest. If you’ve got a foamie and zero expectations, you might get a few knee-high wobblers. The afternoon turns messy again with a cross-shore wind and more storms nearby.

Saturday 29 August
Another morning that’s ‘surfable but ordinary’. Same deal: 1ft from the east-southeast, 8-second period, glassy wind from the south-southeast. Energy is 42. It’s small, weak, and inconsistent – this break is already described as inconsistent, so you’d be lucky to catch more than a handful. The afternoon chops up again.

Sunday 30 August – Tuesday 1 September
Swell builds a touch, hitting 2ft on Sunday and Monday mornings from the east, with a short 7-8 second period. The energy climbs to 73 on Monday morning, but the wind is cross-on every time, so it’s bumpy and messy. On Tuesday 1 September, the swell period jumps to 15 seconds, and the energy hits 138 – that’s moderate energy finally. But the wind is onshore from the north-east in the morning, and cross-on in the afternoon. The break is exposed, and with a long period groundswell like that, it’s going to be breaking straight and wonky at this sandbar. Not the kind of day you drive for.

Wednesday 2 September – Saturday 6 September
The last few days of the outlook are more of the same: 1ft to 2ft, mostly east swell, with periods between 8 and 12 seconds. Winds are often glassy in the mornings (like Thursday 3 and Friday 4 September mornings) but the swell is too weak to bother with. Energy levels are mostly under 100, and conditions are labelled as poor.

The best on offer
If I had to pick a standout – and it’s a very weak one – it would be Friday 28 August morning or Saturday 29 August morning. Both have glassy or near-calm wind, a tiny 1ft east swell, and the conditions are described as “surfable” rather than “poor”. That’s as good as it gets in this window. But honestly, this is a stretch of many, many days with nothing to get excited about. The break is inconsistent, and this outlook backs that up completely. It tends not to stay this flat forever, but right now, the forecast has no real surf for over two weeks.

Keep the board in the car, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty

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