Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m looking at Broadway here – a beach/jetty setup for the advanced crew. The trouble is, the whole 16-day window looks flat or blown out. Water temps are sitting around 74°F with a positive anomaly of 0.9°F, so pretty average for this time of year.

Right off the bat, there’s nothing for a solid block of time. Broadly, from now through until around the 19th of July there's next to no energy. A few tiny pulses creep in, but we're talking ankle-biters at 1ft to 2ft, mostly weak stuff with that combined swell energy struggling – 24, 15, 9 – all well under 100, meaning very weak wave energy. Winds aren't doing us any favours either: mostly cross-on or onshore, and the few cross-off days have swell too small to bother with.

There’s a slight bump around Sunday the 20th of July morning. We get a bit more push with 2ft SSE swell, period around 8 seconds, combined energy edging up to 70. But still, it's thin. Winds are light cross-shore, so a little bumpy. By Monday the 21st morning, we get a similar 3ft swell from the S with a short period of 4 seconds – messy and weak (energy of 48). The wind flips cross-off, so the surface is clean, but the waves are pretty gutless for a beach break.

Now, a little flicker of hope around Tuesday the 22nd morning. Offshore wind from the north at 12 mph, and it’s clean. Combined energy is 61 – still weak. The swell bumps 2ft from the SSE at 8 seconds. For an advanced break this is barely rideable but the offshore will groom it. It might offer a few clean walls for the skilled, but it’s nothing to write home about. This tiny window is as good as it gets, though – the rest is a wasteland until the very end.

Around the 26th onward. Sunday the 26th morning has a touch more push: 3ft from the S, period 7 seconds, energy 62, with cross-off NW winds at 12 mph. Afternoon pushes to 3ft SSE at 8 seconds, energy 79. Still small, but the wind is staying cross-off, so surfaces should be glassy. Then Monday the 27th morning sees it drop back. The end of the run, from the 29th and 30th, is clean due to ENE cross-off winds but the swell is tiny – 1ft to 2ft with periods of 6-8 seconds and energy levels of 27 to 34. Tiny waves, clean conditions – still for experts only, really.

No standouts I can honestly hype. Every window is small, inconsistent, and the energy levels never crack three digits. This is a tough stretch. Conditions like this at a beach/jetty often mean the kitesurfers get the better deal, with clean cross-off wind for riding but no real paddle-surfable swell.

Hang in there, things can't stay this quiet forever.

Rusty

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