Broadbeach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good hard look at what Broadbeach is serving up over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim stretch for the most part. We’re talking a whole lot of nothing, with a few small windows that might just get your heart beating a little faster.

The long-range picture is the real story here. For the first week and a half, it’s pretty much a write-off. We’ve got a run of days from Sunday the 26th of July all the way through to Monday the 3rd of August where the surf is consistently poor. Small, weak, and choppy. You’ll see a few mornings with a glassy top, but the swell is just too anemic to do anything with. The combined energy is in the weak range, usually under 100, and the wind is a constant problem. It’s a real flat spell and it’s going to feel like a long one.

Then, finally, we get a little flicker of hope. Mark your calendars for Tuesday morning, the 4th of August. That’s the standout. The wind goes glassy, swinging light from the SSE, and the combined energy jumps up to a strong 330. We’ve got a 3 ft swell rolling in from the ESE, with a period of 11 seconds. That’s a proper groundswell, and it’s going to have some shape and push. The conditions are labelled as “expect good surf conditions,” and for good reason. That glassy morning, with a decent-sized E-SE swell, is going to be the cleanest and most fun we’ll see in the whole 16 days. It’s not a giant, but it’s a real surfable wave. The water temp is sitting at 69°F, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The rest of the second week is a bit of a mixed bag but nothing to write home about. Wednesday the 5th is flat and weak again. Thursday the 6th sees a spike in height to 6 ft from the SSE, but it’s a short-period 7-second wind swell and the wind is a messy cross-offshore. The combined energy hits 355, which is strong, but with that short period and messy wind, it’s going to be a bouncy, less-than-ideal setup. It’s more of a kite-surfing kind of day than a clean paddle-surfing one. After that, it’s back to the same old story of small, weak, and onshore chop for the rest of the run.

So, the long and short of it is: the only real window to get excited about is that Tuesday morning, the 4th of August. Get on it early, because the afternoon gets a bit lumpy. For the rest of the time, save your energy and don’t even bother checking the cams.

Stay frothy,
Rusty.

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