Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you—this is a tough outlook for Broadway. The whole 16-day window is a struggle, so don't expect much.

Right now, through the end of July and into early August, it's a flat spell with barely a ripple. We're looking at tiny swell, mostly under 2 ft, coming from the SE with short, weak periods. The combined wave energy is very low, often well under 100 (32). Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, keeping things choppy and messy. The water temp is sitting around 75°, which is pretty normal for this time of year.

There's a brief flicker of hope on the morning of Wednesday the 30th of July. We get a little 3 ft swell from the SE with a light NW cross-offshore breeze. It's clean, but the swell is still tiny and the period is short (7 seconds), so it's going to be weak and fat. Combine that with the fact that Broadway is a beach/jetty setup for advanced surfers, and it's often crowded. Honestly, for a beginner, anything over 5 ft is too big, but here we're barely getting to 3 ft, so it's just poor.

The pattern stays flat and poor through the first week of August. We get a day or two of glassy conditions (like the morning of Monday the 3rd of August), but with only 2 ft of weak swell, there's just nothing to push into the beach. The wind stays fickle, mostly onshore, and the surf remains poor.

The only real spike in the whole 16-day window shows up on the afternoon of Tuesday the 11th of August. The combined energy jumps to 119 (moderate), with a 4 ft swell from the ENE. The period is still short though (6 seconds), and it's a cross-shore wind, so it'll be bumpy. For a beach break like Broadway, that short-period swell won't hold shape well. It's still listed as poor surf conditions. This isn't a day for the paddle crew; it's more of a setup for the kite surfers if the wind is strong enough.

There's a tentative clean morning on Wednesday the 12th of August, with a light SE cross-onshore and 2 ft of ENE swell, but again, the energy (42) is weak and the period (7 seconds) is short. It's not going to be worth the paddle.

So, the bottom line: there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. The swell is too small, the wind is often wrong, and the energy is weak. This is a blank run for the area. For a spot like Broadway, it tends not to stay this poor for long, so keep an eye on the forecasts—they can change.

Rusty.

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