Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you right off the bat. The next 16 days are looking pretty grim for Broadway. There’s no real swell to speak of, and when there is a little bump, the wind is messing it up. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing good on the cards.

Right now, from August 1st, we’re looking at tiny, weak waves. The combined swell energy is a paltry 17 (weak energy), with a short period SSE swell of just 1 ft. The water is sitting at a normal 74° for this time of year, but that’s about the only thing that’s normal. The wind is onshore and it’s messy.

This poor run continues right through the first week. The swell stays small, mostly under 3 ft, and the period is short, so the waves are just soft and bumpy. The wind is all over the place – mostly onshore, sometimes cross-onshore, and even when it’s glassy for a moment on Tuesday morning, the swell is too small (3 ft) to do anything with. The energy is weak, staying in the double digits for most of the time.

There’s a slight uptick in energy on Monday, August 3rd, with the combined swell energy hitting 201 (moderate), but that comes with a 4 ft SSE swell and a fresh cross-onshore wind. The surf quality is still poor, so it’s not worth getting excited about.

We then slide into another long flat spell. From August 4th all the way through to August 12th, the swell barely flickers. The energy is almost always below 100 (weak), and the waves are tiny. There’s a moment of glass on Wednesday afternoon, August 12th, with a 1 ft SSE swell, but it’s hopelessly small.

Finally, from August 13th, the wind switches to a clean cross-offshore from the NE, which is a massive positive for the shape. The swell, however, is still tiny. On August 14th, Friday, we get a 3 ft S swell, but the period is a short 5 seconds, so it’ll be weak and gutless. The energy is only 56 (weak). The rest of the run is just flat.

So, to put it simply, don’t bother paddling out. There’s no standout session, no hidden gem. The whole 16-day window is a write-off. It’s a bummer, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. The forecast can change, but right now, I’d be finding something else to do.

Rusty.

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