Broadbeach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, looking at your local stretch. Honestly, it’s been a bit of a flat spell and we’re in for a long gap before anything even worth paddling out for. Broadbeach has very little to offer over the next 16 days, so we’re going to be patient.

The first proper surf window doesn’t show up until the morning of Sunday, the 2nd of August. There’s a pulse of energy coming through with a combined swell energy of 253 (moderate), but the wave comment is pretty clear – it’s marginal. The swell is 2ft from the ESE with a long period of 15 seconds, which is groundswell, but it’s coming with a cross-shore wind and the conditions are just borderline. That long period might offer some shape, but it’s not enough to get excited about.

Then we go into a bit of a dead zone again. The next real chance comes on the morning of Tuesday, the 4th of August. The wind is glassy – zero from the ESE – and the swell is 2ft from the east with a period of 6 seconds. The combined energy is 100 (moderate), but the surf is still described as “surfable but very ordinary.” It’s a small, short-period wave, so don’t expect much push. That morning glass is a positive, though – it’ll be clean, just weak.

Wednesday morning, the 5th of August, is another glassy one. Wind is light from the WNW at 3 mph, and the swell is 3ft from the east with an 8-second period. The combined energy is 93 (weak), so it’s a small day. Again, “surfable but very ordinary.” It’s the best of a pretty quiet run, but it’s still a beginner-friendly, small wave session.

Thursday morning, the 6th of August, also has that glassy feel with an ESE wind at 3 mph, but the swell drops to 1ft from the ENE. Combined energy is only 48 (weak). It’s tiny.

After that, conditions turn messy again. From Friday the 7th through to the 13th of August, the wind is mostly cross-shore or cross-onshore, and the swell hangs around 2ft to 4ft, but the quality is poor. The combined energy does bump up to 321 (moderate) on the afternoon of the 2nd, and then again to 218 (moderate) on the morning of the 10th, but the wind is always on it. The swell direction is mostly ESE or SE, and the wind is from the SE or SSE, making it choppy and lumpy. The water temperature is about average for the time of year at 69°F.

There’s no standout in this entire forecast. The best you’ll get is a glassy morning on the 4th or 5th of August for a small, clean, but weak wave. It’s a long stretch of poor, and you’d be better off waiting for the next system to move through. The consistent lack of quality makes this a normal blank run for the area.

Rusty.

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