Boscombe Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what the next couple of weeks have in store for us. Straight up, I gotta be honest with you – this is a tough run. We're looking at a long stretch of onshore junk and poor conditions before we might see a glimmer of hope.

The whole forecast period is a real mixed bag of wind and swell, but mostly it's just a lot of poor surf quality. The main event, Boscombe Pier, is a beach/pier set-up that's fairly exposed, but it's going to be fighting a losing battle for a while.

Starting off on Friday the 28th of August, the water is weirdly warm – about 70°F which is 8°F warmer than normal, very unusual for this time of year. But you won't be enjoying it because we've got a strong 25 mph cross-onshore wind from the SW, and the swell is a messy 6 ft from the WSW with a short, weak period of 6 seconds. The combined energy is a weak 235, and the report says it's poor. This is a total write-off.

Saturday the 29th gets worse. The wind picks up to a near gale 31 mph from the SW, and the swell jumps to a heavy 12 ft. That's expert-only territory, and with the wind blowing it out completely, it's a no-go. The energy is a massive 1611, but it's just raw power with no shape.

Sunday the 30th through to the end of the week is more of the same. Swells bob around 5 ft to 6 ft, but the wind is constantly cross or cross-onshore, creating choppy, lumpy, and messy conditions. The energy levels are mostly weak to moderate (between 61 and 562). There's a brief moment on the afternoon of Friday the 4th of September where the wind shifts to a clean cross-offshore from the WNW, with a 6 ft swell, but the energy is still moderate (294) and the quality is still poor. It's a tease.

We then hit a flat spell with hardly any swell from the 5th to the 7th. Then on Monday the 7th of September, things start to get interesting. The afternoon shows a 7 ft swell from the SSW with a clean cross-offshore wind from the WNW. The energy is moderate (299) and the report says "clean". This is finally a window.

But the real standout, the one you're gonna want to watch, is the afternoon of Tuesday the 8th of September. We've got a beast of a swell building – 12 ft from the WSW with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy is a massive 1907. The wind is clean and cross-offshore from the WNW. The report says the wind and tide are favorable, but the swell is predicted to be too big for this break. At 12 ft, this is for experts only. Boscombe Pier is a beach/pier set-up, so a long-period groundswell like this (9 seconds is decent) might break a bit too straight down the beach, but if you're skilled and know where to sit, it could be a wild, powerful session. The report even gives it a top score of 11/10 for potential, but the caveat is the size. This is the one to circle on your calendar, but be prepared for a serious paddle.

After that, it drops off again. The 9th and 10th of September go back to small, weak, and onshore junk. The rest of the forecast into the second week fades out with small, wind-affected surf and nothing to recommend.

So, truth is, there's a long gap of poor conditions right now. The only real standout is that Tuesday afternoon, 8th of September, at Boscombe Pier. It's a big, powerful, expert-level session with clean wind. Everything else is a struggle against the wind. The pattern is messy, but it tends not to stay this poor for long, so keep an eye out.

Rusty.

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