Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – right now, and for the next week and a half, Broadway is firing blanks. There’s nothing rideable on the table from today, 25 August, all the way through to the morning of 3 September. That’s a long, flat stretch where the waves just aren’t cooperating. You’d be better off checking the forecasts again in a few days because it tends not to stay this way forever.

On the morning of Thursday, 3 September, things finally look like they’re waking up. We get a pulse of swell from the ENE pushing 5ft with a period of 7 seconds, and combined wave energy of 251 (moderate). The wind is light and coming out of the NE, which is cross-offshore, so the surface should be clean. The quality is surfable but very ordinary – it’s not going to be a day to remember. By the afternoon, the swell edges up to 5ft from the ENE, period 8 seconds, and energy climbs to 367 (moderate). But the wind swings cross-onshore from the SSE and it gets a bit rippled. Still, for a break that’s been dead quiet, it’s something.

Friday the 4th brings more ENE swell – 5ft in the morning, 5ft in the afternoon – but with onshore and cross-onshore winds from the S and SSE, and energy blowing out to 596 (moderate to strong), it’s messy. That kind of setup at a beach/jetty spot like Broadway is looking more like a kite surfer’s playground than paddle surfing, especially with the poor surf conditions flagged.

From the 5th to the 9th of September, it’s back to small, weak, and choppy with no real standout windows. Water temperature is about average for the time of year – nothing unusual to report. Overall, the only half-decent chance you’ve got in this 16-day span is the morning of 3 September, and even that is more about breaking the flat spell than scoring anything special. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

Rusty.

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