Bethune Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight: if you’re hanging out for a proper surf window at Bethune Beach over the next 16 days, you’re gonna be waiting a long while, mate. The whole period is a bit of a dud—tiny little ankle-biters, short period slop, and cross-shore winds just ruining any chance of a decent wave. The combined swell energy barely scrapes into double digits most days, with the highest reading only hitting 82 (moderate) on Friday afternoon, 24 July, and that’s still a messy, poor surf setup. The water temp is running about average for the time of year, nothing weird there.

First real sniff of anything surfable doesn’t come until Saturday, 25 July, in the morning. We get a 2ft easterly swell, 8-second period – short period windswell – and light cross-offshore breeze (10 km/h from the SSE) that cleans it up a bit. The combined energy is just 43 (weak), and the score says “surfable but very ordinary.” That’s the best you’ll see in the first week, but don’t kid yourself – it’s a beginner-only knee-high dribbler. Crowds can pop up sometimes here, so expect a few others out chasing the same crumb.

Then we hit a long dry spell. From Sunday, 26 July, right through to Friday, 31 July, it’s all 2ft and below, combined energy in the teens and twenties, with wind bouncing around cross and cross-off. Nothing to write home about.

The next little blip shows up on Saturday, 1 August. Morning brings 2ft from the ESE (9-second period) clean under a light cross-off breeze, and the afternoon goes glassy – 2ft, 8 seconds, combined energy only 40 (weak). That’s your other standout: glassy conditions on a tiny wave. Sunday morning, 2 August, is similar – 2ft, clean again – but the afternoon gets cross-shore and spoils it. Monday, 3 August, morning also offers a clean 2ft easterly.

After that, from Tuesday, 4 August, to the end of the forecast on Friday, 7 August, we’re back to nothing – 2ft and under, with the occasional offshore wind but still not enough swell to make it worth paddling out. The combined energies drop to single digits and low teens.

So look – the honest call is that Bethune Beach is a flat spell. The only times worth even thinking about are the morning of Saturday 25 July, and then the mornings of Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August, plus Monday morning 3 August. Even then, it’s just ankle-to-barely-knee-high mush. If you’re a beginner wanting to practice pop-ups in clean, tiny conditions, you might get a session. But anyone else? Save the wax.

Rusty.

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