Bonza Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be honest, the next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag for us. We’ve got some proper windows of surfable waves, but we also have some proper duds and one massive pulse that’s going to be way out of our league. Let’s break it down day by day.

We kick things off on Sunday the 2nd with a bit of a wash. There’s 8ft of east-southeast swell at Bonza Bay, but the 25 km/h east-northeast cross-breeze is going to chop it up. Not worth getting wet. Monday the 3rd backs the swell down to 7ft, but it’s still cross and messy. The first real look comes Tuesday morning, the 4th, with a drop to 5ft, but it’s still cross-shore. Wave energy is moderate (557). It's not great.

The first actual clean window appears Wednesday morning, the 5th. Swell is down to 4ft from the east, and we get a light 5 km/h cross-offshore wind from the north-northeast. That’s the cleanest we've seen yet. The break is fairly consistent, so there will be a few to pick through. It’s small but workable. The water temp is 67°F, which is about normal for this time of year.

Then it goes flat and poor for a stretch. Thursday the 6th, the swell drops to under 3ft, and the wind swings southwest, making it bumpy. Friday the 7th is worse with rain showers and a fresh east-northeast breeze. Saturday the 8th has a bit more size at 4ft from the south-southwest, but the wind is cross-shore again. Not worth the paddle.

Sunday the 9th sees a pulse of 6ft south-southwest swell, but the 40 km/h west-southwest wind on the afternoon is going to ruin it. Monday the 10th is a write-off with rain and a strengthening southwest wind. We have a real dry spell here, nothing good on offer from Thursday the 6th through to Monday the 10th. That’s a five-day flat spell.

Now, here’s the big one. Tuesday the 11th through Thursday the 13th, the swell just explodes. We’re talking 18ft to 25ft of powerful south-southwest groundswell, with periods of 15 to 16 seconds. The wave energy readings are massive – up to 43638. But, this is way too big for Bonza Bay. The comments say it’s too big for the break. This is expert-only territory, and even then, it’s likely to be a close-out. For the average surfer, this is a time to watch from the shore, not paddle out. This is a big, dangerous swell.

By Friday the 14th, it’s dropped back to 5ft but the wind is howling from the southwest at 30 km/h. The weekend of the 15th and 16th is small and bumpy. The swell is back down to around 3ft with a light breeze, but it’s cross-onshore. Looks more like a kite-surfing kind of weekend than a surfing one, to be honest.

So, if you’re looking for the standout, it’s that Wednesday morning, the 5th of August. It’s the only clean, surfable wave we get all week. It’s small, but it’s clean. Everything else is either too big, too windy, or too small to be any fun.

Rusty.

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