Broadbeach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next two weeks are a bit of a struggle for Gold Coast surf. We’ve got a long, quiet patch ahead, so don’t get your hopes up too early. The first real chance to get wet doesn’t show up until Tuesday the 4th of August, and even then it’s pretty ordinary.

Let’s break it down. From now through to Monday the 3rd of August, we’ve got almost nothing. The wind is onshore or cross-shore, and the swell is small and weak. The combined wave energy is low, sitting between 68 and 254 (moderate at best on Sunday morning), but the conditions are all poor – choppy, bumpy, and messy. You’d be fighting a losing battle out there.

Tuesday the 4th of August morning finally offers a glimmer. Broadbeach has a tiny 1 ft swell from the ESE, but the wind swings light north-west, making it cross-offshore and clean. The water temp is about 69°F, which is pretty normal for this time of year – nothing unusual there. The energy is weak at 72, but it’s surfable if you’re desperate. The afternoon goes sour again with a moderate cross-onshore breeze.

Wednesday the 5th of August morning is the real standout in this bleak run. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, out of the west-northwest. That’s the kind of morning you paddle out for. The swell is still only 2 ft from the ENE, with a period of 7 seconds – short period, so it’ll be a bit fat and slow, but clean. The energy is low at 76, but when it’s glassy, you can make anything work. Afternoon gets ruined by a sea breeze, so get out early.

After that, we’re back into a dry spell. From Thursday the 6th through to Monday the 10th of August, it’s mostly poor, with small onshore wind and tiny waves. A few mornings show “clean” conditions – like Tuesday the 11th of August morning with a 2 ft east swell and a moderate offshore wind from the west-northwest, and again on Wednesday the 12th of August morning with a 2 ft SE swell and a moderate offshore – but the size is just too small to get excited about. The energy is moderate at 109 to 116 though, so there’s a bit of push.

The best of the whole 16-day window looks like Friday the 14th of August morning. The swell jumps to 4 ft from the north, with a short period of 7 seconds. The wind is light cross-offshore from the northwest, and the energy is strong at 203. That’s a proper surfable morning – expect some fun, punchy little waves at Broadbeach. The water temp is still around average, so no wetsuit worries.

The rest of the 14th and into the 15th of August fades again with onshore winds and poor conditions.

So, in short – don’t bother for the first week. Wednesday the 5th of August morning is your best bet if you want glassy, clean conditions on tiny waves. But if you can hold out, Friday the 14th of August morning is the pick of the bunch – more size, clean, and some real energy. Everything else is a write-off.

Rusty.

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