Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – the outlook for Broadway is a tough one. We've got a whole lot of nothing for the first week, and even when something shows up, it's not exactly firing. The water's sitting at a touch warmer than normal for the season at 75°, but that's about the only good news for a while.

Let's get into it. We kick off on Saturday the 11th with a tiny 1ft SSE swell, but there's a risk of thunderstorms and it's barely 15 units of combined energy. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday the 12th through to Friday the 19th is pretty much a write-off. The swell bumps up to 3ft at times, but the wind is all over the place – cross, cross-on, onshore – with combined energy that never gets out of the weak zone (topping out at 64). The waves are just a mess of chop and cross-chop. That Thursday afternoon the 16th does go glassy for a few hours with a 3ft SSW swell, but the period is only 5 seconds and the energy is pathetic at 49. It might look pretty, but there's no push. You'd be bobbing around more than surfing.

Finally, around the 20th of July, we see a pulse of life. The Monday morning the 20th has a 3ft S swell with 7-second period and a clean, cross-off wind. The combined energy finally cracks 85 – still weak, but it's something. That's the first *surfable* moment in ten days. Tuesday the 21st morning is another near-standout with 3ft SSE swell, clean, glassy conditions, and energy at 80. It's small, but for Broadway, these are the best windows we've seen all forecast.

The week of the 22nd looks more interesting, but the conditions are frustrating. We get a steady 4ft to 5ft S swell with moderate energy climbing to 212, but the wind shifts cross or cross-on from the ESE. That's going to put a chop on it. The 5ft waves on Thursday the 23rd afternoon might have some push, but it's getting into the "not for beginners" territory and the wind is messy. The 3ft to 4ft S swells on the 24th and 25th are there but the wind is always on it – cross, cross-on, or onshore.

The best bet? Honestly, you're picking the least ugly option here. For a true standout, I'd point to the morning of Tuesday the 21st of July. The swell is a small 3ft from the SSE, but the wind is glassy – that's a major positive for a clean session, even if the energy is on the low side (80).

The other pick is the morning of Monday the 20th of July. A similar size of 3ft from the south, but the cross-off wind will keep it clean, and it's the first decent sign of life after that long flat spell.

The bigger swells later in the month (4ft to 5ft) are just too wind-affected to recommend over the smaller, cleaner windows. And since the optimum swell direction for Broadway is SE, these S and SSE swells are not a perfect match. For the experienced crew, the 5ft S swell on the 23rd afternoon might have some grunt, but expect a chop. For the rest of us, it's a waiting game for a cleaner day.

Rusty.

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