Broadbeach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next couple of weeks at Broadbeach are a real mixed bag, and mostly a quiet one. We’ve got a long, slow start with hardly anything worth paddling out for. The first real glimmer of hope doesn’t show up until Wednesday the 9th, and even then it’s pretty ordinary. The best of the bunch looks like it’ll be a short window on the morning of Wednesday the 9th, and then maybe a couple of clean-ish mornings way down the track.

The water temp is sitting right around average for this time of year at 70°, so no surprises there.

The first few days are a write-off. Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th are all poor – cross-onshore winds, choppy, and tiny surf. You’re wasting your time.

Then on Wednesday morning the 9th, we get a brief moment of peace. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, with a light 2ft SSE swell pushing in from the east. It’s not big, but the surface will be clean. The combined energy is weak at 81, so don’t expect any power. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The afternoon goes back to cross-onshore chop.

Thursday the 10th brings a jump in size – 6ft from the SE – but the wind is screaming onshore at 22 mph, so it’ll be a mess. Skip it.

Friday the 11th morning sees the biggest swell of the period, 10ft from the SSE, but with a strong cross-shore wind and a combined energy reading of 1491, that’s a powerful, lumpy beast. This is only for experienced surfers, and even then, the conditions are marginal. The afternoon drops off quick.

From there, it’s a long stretch of poor to ordinary conditions right through to the middle of the second week. Winds stay onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell is inconsistent and small.

The only other standouts are a couple of clean mornings. On Tuesday the 15th morning, we get a light cross-offshore breeze from the north with a tiny 2ft easterly swell. Clean, but barely a ripple. And then on Sunday the 20th morning, it goes glassy again with a similar 2ft ENE swell. The combined energy is only 75, so it’s small, but if you’re desperate for a clean surface, that’s your window.

Bottom line: there’s no proper swell with good winds in this forecast. The two glassy mornings (Wednesday the 9th and Sunday the 20th) are the only times you’ll find smooth water, but the waves are tiny. For a proper session, you’re out of luck. Keep an eye on the charts – it tends not to stay this quiet for long.

Rusty.

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