Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks at Broadway (beach/jetty) are looking pretty flat and messy, with nothing that really gets the blood pumping. We’ve got a long gap of poor conditions ahead, so don’t get your hopes up for any sort of rideable surf until well into the second week.

The water’s sitting at a toasty 77°, which is over five degrees warmer than usual for this time of year—that’s a real standout, and it’s going to feel like a bath when you paddle out.

Monday the 6th kicks things off with a risk of thunderstorms, a cross-on breeze from the SSE at 12 mph, and a tiny 2 ft swell from the south with a short period of 4 seconds. The combined wave energy is weak (18). It’s poor, choppy, and not worth the effort. That same low-energy pattern sticks around for days.

Tuesday the 7th starts with a dead-calm glassy morning—wind from the WNW at 0 mph—but the swell is only 1 ft from the ENE, and the energy is still pathetic (25). By afternoon, a cross-offshore breeze cleans things up, but the swell drops to 1.0 ft. You’d be chasing ripples.

Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th are much the same: tiny swell, weak energy, with onshore winds and occasional rain showers on Thursday. Friday the 10th sees a bit of cross-shore wind and a tiny 0.7 ft swell from the ESE. Nothing doing.

Saturday the 11th has some clean conditions with a light cross-offshore breeze, but the swell remains a meagre 1.0 ft. Sunday the 12th offers the first blush of slightly more energy: the afternoon brings a 4 ft swell from the SE, period 5 seconds, with combined energy climbing to 93. But the wind is a moderate cross-onshore at 16 mph, making it choppy and unfriendly. Still, if you’re desperate, it’s the most size we’ve seen so far—but the quality is poor.

The best chance in this whole outlook comes on Monday the 13th. The morning sees a strong offshore breeze from the NNE at 25 mph, with a 2 ft swell from the SE (period 7 seconds) and energy at 53. That offshore wind will clean it right up, but at that strength, it’ll be hard to paddle into and hold your ground. The afternoon eases to a gentle offshore at 9 mph, with a 2 ft swell, and conditions will be clean. It’s not big, but it’s the cleanest window we’ve got.

After that, we slide back into flatness. Tuesday the 14th through Friday the 17th offer small, weak swell (1.0 ft to 3 ft) with clean cross-offshore winds at times, but the energy stays under 65. Saturday the 18th through Tuesday the 21st are mostly onshore, with thunderstorm risks returning on the 19th, and the swell never gets above 2 ft.

Honestly, if you’re not a dedicated surfer with a longboard and low expectations, this stretch is a write-off. The only standout is that Monday the 13th morning session if you can handle that strong offshore wind—it’ll be glassy but a workout. Otherwise, for the whole 16-day run, the waves are too small and inconsistent to recommend a single standout break. The setup here is more interesting for kiting than paddle surfing on most days.

Stay patient, check back closer to the time—forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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