Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's be straight up: if you're looking for a wave at Broadway over the next 16 days, you're gonna be staring at flat, choppy water more often than not. This is a tough run.

We kick off on Monday, August the 3rd, with a bit of a pulse, but it’s a messy one. Morning sees a 4ft swell from the SSE, but with a short, weak 8-second period and a cross-on wind howling at 16 mph from the SW. The water’s a warm 75°F, about average for this time of year, but the surface is chopped to hell. Afternoon drops to 4ft, but the wind lightens, leaving it still sloppy. The combined energy is weak at best (232), so don't get your hopes up. It's all pretty poor.

Tuesday the 4th through to the morning of Thursday the 13th is a brutal stretch. We're looking at swell heights barely scraping 3ft, mostly in the 1ft to 2ft range, with periods as low as 5 or 6 seconds. That’s just wind chop, not real swell. Combined energy readings are pathetic, ranging from 8 to 78. The wind is a mixed bag, sometimes clean, sometimes onshore, but it doesn’t matter because there’s no power behind the water. This is a full-on, week-long lull of poor surf.

Things get even sadder from the 14th to the 17th. Swell drops to a tiny 0.3ft to 0.7ft at times, with combined energy values in the single digits. You’d need a surfboard the size of a bus to catch anything. The 16th afternoon shows a slight blip to 3ft from the ENE, but with a 6-second period and a cross-shore, it's just another mushy, poor surf condition.

Finally, on Tuesday the 18th, we see a little hope. Morning brings a 3ft swell from the SSW, with a clean cross-offshore NW wind at 12 mph. Combined energy is a modest 40. But look at that period: a shocking 4 seconds. That’s not a wave; that’s a ripple. Afternoon is the same story: 3ft, clean wind, but a 5-second period. Even with clean conditions, that kind of short-period swell just closes out and offers nothing.

So, what’s the best on offer? Honestly, the Tuesday the 18th afternoon is the pick of a very, very bad litter. The 3ft swell and clean 16 mph WNW cross-offshore wind will make the surface glassy, but with that pathetic period, expect nothing but closeouts. For a true standout? There isn’t one. This whole forecast is a write-off for serious surfing. If you've got a kite, you might get a look-in, but for a paddle surfer, this is a session for cleaning the wax off your board and waiting for the next proper swell.

Rusty.

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