Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. I’ve got to be straight with you—the next sixteen days at Broadway are a write-off. There isn’t a single decent wave in the whole run. We’re staring down the barrel of a long, flat spell with nothing worth paddling out for.

Right from Saturday the 29th of August, we’re looking at tiny 1 ft SE swells with poor surf conditions. The wind is a mess, shifting from cross-off to cross-on, and the energy is weak—just 21 to 25 in the combined swell energy. Sunday doesn’t get any better; the swell drops to 1 ft again, but Sunday afternoon brings onshore Southerly winds at 19 mph and a junk period of 4 seconds. The combined energy barely hits 15. It’s hopeless.

Monday the 31st of August has a moment of glassy wind in the afternoon, but it’s on a 1.0 ft SE swell with an 8-second period—too small to bother with. The combined energy is a pathetic 12. The rest of the first week is more of the same: tiny swells, poor periods, and shifting winds that never line up. By Wednesday the 2nd of September, the combined energy climbs to 71 in the morning and 145 in the afternoon, but that’s from a messy 2 ft to 2 ft SSE swell with onshore winds at 16 to 22 mph. It’s all chop and no shape.

The second week doesn’t offer any hope. From the 4th of September through to the 13th, we see nothing but 0.7 ft to 2 ft swells from all sorts of directions—ESE, SSE, S—with periods all over the place. There’s an offshore wind here and there, but on that tiny swell, it’s like polishing a turd. The best combined energy we see is 331 on Wednesday the 9th of September afternoon with a 4 ft SSE swell and a 12-second period, but the wind is onshore at 12 mph and the condition is “unknown”—meaning it’s messy and unsurfable.

This is a blank run, plain and simple. For an area like Broadway, when the consistent spots go quiet like this, it’s not unusual. The forecasts can always change, but right now, I’d save the wax and wait.

Rusty.

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