
Surf Forecasts:
Broadway surf forecast from 27 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 29 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period, SE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 3 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period, SE swell with 225 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 29 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Broadway this week:
The surf forecast for Broadway over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 29) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 7s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Broadway in the next 16 days are 1.2m 9s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 03) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Jul 30) at 8AM.
| Wave Type | Time (EDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Wed 29th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Wed 29th Jul) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Mon 3rd Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Broadway over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here, and I gotta be straight with you – the outlook for Broadway over the next 16 days is a bit of a tough one. We’re looking at a long, dry spell with barely a ripple worth paddling for. The first real sniff of something surfable pops up on Wednesday morning, July 29th, but even then it’s a struggle.
The whole pattern is dominated by onshore winds and a lot of stormy, messy conditions. The water temperature is sitting at a pretty average 75°F for the time of year, nothing unusual there.
Let’s walk through it. Monday afternoon, July 27th, kicks off with a risk of thunderstorms and a southerly wind blowing straight onshore. The swell’s a tiny 1 ft from the southeast, with a weak energy reading of just 25. It’s poor. Tuesday, July 28th, is even worse – the wind cranks up to 22 mph from the south-southwest, and the swell is a messy, short-period 5 ft from the south, but the energy spikes to 115. Still, it’s all onshore, so it’s a write-off.
Then we get a glimmer on Wednesday morning, July 29th. A clear sky, a light west-northwest wind at 6 mph making it cross-offshore, and the water’s clean. The swell is a small 2 ft from the southeast, period a short 7 seconds, and the combined energy is 87. It’s surfable, but ordinary. The report calls it “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” That’s the best we get, and it’s a 1/10. For an advanced spot like Broadway, that’s a serious disappointment. The rest of Wednesday and into Thursday and Friday, the wind stays cross-offshore or goes glassy on Friday afternoon, but the swell never gets above 2 ft and the energy just dribbles away into the 20s and 30s. It’s clean, but there’s nothing to ride.
The rest of the first week into August is a washout. From Saturday, August 1st, through to Sunday, August 9th, we’ve got a solid run of poor surf. The wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, the swell stays tiny, often below 2 ft, and the energy readings are mostly in the teens and twenties. There’s a brief bump on Monday, August 3rd, with a 4 ft swell from the southeast at 9 seconds and energy hitting 172, then 4 ft on Monday afternoon with energy at 289. But the wind is onshore from the south or south-southeast, so it’s all blown out and messy. The report keeps calling it “poor surf conditions.” For a beach/jetty setup like Broadway, with these strong onshore winds, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.
From Tuesday, August 5th, through to Sunday, August 11th, the swell just drops off a cliff. Heights are 1 ft, 0.7 ft, and even 0.3 ft, with energy readings in the single digits. It’s flat. The water is clean on a few mornings, but there’s no swell to speak of. The entire 16-day window is a bust. There are no standout days, no hidden gems, just a long, quiet period. If you’ve got a kite, maybe you’ll find something on the windier afternoons, but for a paddle surfer, it’s a hard pass. The forecast confidence is high for the near term, and it’s just not good.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NW by Wed morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SE 4 | SE 8 | SE 4 | SE 5 |
Wave Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 16 | 22 | 114 | 88 | 50 | 56 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:39PM1.62m | 8:03AM1.18m | 8:19PM1.65m | 8:43AM1.23m | 8:57PM1.67m | 9:20AM1.27m | 9:32PM1.66m | 9:56AM1.31m | 10:07PM1.64m | 10:32AM1.36m | 10:42PM1.58m | 11:09AM1.40m | 11:19PM1.52m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:57AM0.16m | 1:37PM0.18m | 2:34AM0.12m | 2:17PM0.15m | 3:09AM0.09m | 2:56PM0.14m | 3:43AM0.07m | 3:36PM0.14m | 4:16AM0.06m | 4:16PM0.15m | 4:50AM0.05m | 5:00PM0.17m | ||||||||
— | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | |
8:15 | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:09 | — | |
mm | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 24 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 6 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | NE 4 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | SE 5 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 88 | 50 | 56 | 43 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | — | E 6 | S 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 8 | E 7 | E 6 | WNW 3 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 5 | E 5 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | E 5 | SE 7 |
7 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 9 | — | E 9 | E 9 | NE 6 | E 8 | — | — | — | E 6 | — | NE 4 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | — | — |
— | — | 3 | — | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | — | NW 3 | WSW 2 | WNW 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | — | SSE 7 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | — |
4 | 16 | 22 | 114 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | 18 | 14 | 15 | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1505 | 506 | 1008 | 1159 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 175 | 60 | 296 | 380 | 353 | 605 | 1162 | 398 |
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Information about the Broadway Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Broadway provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 16 days. A general guide to surfing at Broadway can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Broadway surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Broadway) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Broadway may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
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