Bribie Island Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, mate, this is Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s on the cards for the Bribie Island stretch over the next couple of weeks.

Alright, straight up, the first few days actually have some proper swell, but it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The standout window is shaping up for Tuesday, July 21. There’s a solid 7ft easterly swell rolling in, with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy is a solid 878. That’s a fair bit of juice. The wind is a cross-off from the ESE, so the sets will be holding up pretty clean. The only catch? This is a bit of a chunky swell for the banks here, and it might be closing out the sandbars. The morning session is your best bet. The afternoon settles a little to 6ft, but the wind picks up a touch, still clean.

It’s worth noting the water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing wild there.

From Wednesday, July 22, things start to drop off quickly. Swell hangs around 5-5ft, but the wind goes cross-shore and the conditions get that slight chop. Not terrible, but nothing to get excited about. By Thursday, July 23, the swell is down to 4ft in the morning with a perfect offshore wind from the SW, but the wave energy is weak (183). The afternoon is a bit better with a clean 3ft wave, but it’s pretty ordinary.

Then we hit a massive dry spell. From Friday, July 24, right through to the end of the first week of August, the surf is mostly flat or tiny. There’s a brief flicker of hope on Saturday, July 25, in the afternoon, when a 4ft ESE swell shows up with a 10-second period and a light cross-off wind. The combined energy is 385, so it’s got some shape, but it’s a one-off.

After that, it’s a long, long stretch of nothing. Tiny waves, poor wind, and a lot of days with combined energy in the double digits. There’s a small window on Thursday, July 30, with a morning of glassy conditions and a 1.0ft groundswell with a 16-second period – that’s a very long period, but the size is tiny. It’s more of a paddle than a surf.

Look, if you’re desperate for a paddle, the Tuesday morning of the 21st is the only real game in town. It’s got size, it’s clean, and the easterly swell is the right direction for this spot. After that, you’re waiting over a week for anything remotely surfable, and even then, it’s a roll of the dice. The forecast can always change, but this window looks pretty bleak for consistent waves.

Rusty.

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