Bonza Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk Bonza Bay. It starts quiet – Sunday the 30th is a no-go with waist-high slop, a short period, and a cross-off breeze messing the surface. Don’t bother.

Monday the 31st is your first real look. Monday morning is glassy – not a breath of wind – and you’ve got 3ft from the east with a clean 10-second period. The combined wave energy is moderate at 291, and the water sits at 66°, a bit colder than usual for this time of year. It’s small, but it’s clean. That’s your best shot in the first week.

After that, Tuesday the 1st and Wednesday the 2nd turn messy. Wednesday morning brings 6ft from the SSW with a longer 14-second period, and energy jumps hard to 1209, but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. Good shape underneath, but you’ll be fighting the wind.

Then there’s a big gap. From Thursday the 3rd all the way to Sunday the 14th, nothing really lines up for Bonza Bay. Wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore, and when the swell gets big – like Friday the 4th with 18ft from the south and huge energy (8735) – it’s onshore and ugly. That’s kite-surfing weather. Even the cleaner days have the swell too big for this river mouth, like Saturday the 5th morning with 10ft from the SE – great energy (2564) but just too much for the break.

Later in the second week, Wednesday the 9th afternoon shows another 10ft east swell, again too big despite good wind and tide. Energy is strong (1765), but only experts would even look at it, and even then it’s pushing it.

Monday the 14th morning gives you 5ft from the south with a long 14-second period and fresh cross-shore wind. High energy (1933), but the wind messes the surface.

So the honest call: Monday the 31st morning is your standout – small, glassy, clean. After that, it’s a long stretch of either too much swell or bad wind. Might change, but for now, that Monday morning is the one.

Rusty.

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