Boiler Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Boiler Bay over the next couple weeks.

Honestly, it’s a grim outlook. The wind is almost always messing things up, and the swell that rolls through is mostly short-period and weak. Most days the combined swell energy is low to moderate at best, topping out in the 900s near the end of the run, but that comes with onshore winds that ruin it.

Friday the 3rd is a write-off: some clouds, a light cross-onshore wind, and a 1.2m swell from the WNW with a measly 8-second period. It’s weak (combined energy 353) and already choppy. It gets worse by afternoon. Saturday and Sunday see the swell build – Sunday afternoon hits 2.1m from the NW with a 7-second period, but the wind is onshore at 30 km/h. That’s a total mess, and only experts would even consider it. Combined energy is 742, but the quality is zero.

Monday the 6th is more cross-onshore chop. Tuesday the 7th is a little lighter, with a 1.1m NW swell and a light breeze in the morning, but it’s still marginal at best.

Now, here’s the one bright spot. Wednesday morning the 8th. We get a tiny 0.6m swell from the SW, but the period is 18 seconds – that’s a very long period groundswell. The wind is a light cross-offshore at 5 km/h. Combined energy is moderate (537). For a reef that faces SW, those long-period lines could wrap in clean and glassy. The waves are small, but it’s the cleanest moment in the entire forecast. The water temp is about average for the season. This is your only real standout: a quiet, glassy morning for a longboard.

After that, it goes back to poor conditions – mostly cross-onshore winds and short-period chop. Thursday the 9th through Tuesday the 14th is a gap of several days with absolutely nothing worth recommending.

From Wednesday the 15th, we see some bigger swell mixing with long-period leftovers, but the wind stays cross-onshore or onshore. Thursday 16th and Friday 17th have waves up to 2.0m from the NW, with combined energy climbing into the 900s – but onshore winds of 20-25 km/h ruin it. That size is for experts only, and with that wind, it’s more of a kiteboarding scene than a paddle session. By Saturday the 18th, it’s back to marginal at best with a 1.7m NW swell.

So if you want one shot, set the alarm for Wednesday morning the 8th. That’s the cleanest, most lined-up window. The rest is best left to the windsurfers.

Rusty.

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