Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the surf outlook for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough stretch for Broadway. The whole 16-day window is looking flat and pretty grim. We’ve got a long gap of nothing but poor surf conditions from the start all the way through, so don’t get your hopes up for a proper session. The water temp is sitting at about 75°, which is pretty normal for this time of year, so at least you won’t be freezing your tail off if you decide to go for a float.

The pattern is all small, weak swells coming from the south and southeast, but the wind is mostly wrong for it. We get a few windows where the wind goes light or cross-off, like on Tuesday morning the 11th of August, when it’s glassy with a tiny 2ft south swell. That’s about as good as it’s gonna get, but with a combined energy of just 23, it’s barely a ripple. For a split second on the 12th, we’ve got a light cross-off breeze and a 2ft swell, but again, the energy is tiny (29). The waves are just too small and weak to do anything with.

Things show a little more size toward the 15th and 16th of August, with swell pushing up to 3ft from the south, and the wind goes cross-off from the east-northeast, cleaning it up. The combined energy bumps up to 52-53, but it’s still weak. The period is short (5 seconds), so it’ll be a lumpy, weak closeout. It’s still poor surf conditions.

Honestly, there’s no standout session here. The entire period is a write-off for decent waves. The closest we get to a "best" is the glassy morning on the 11th, but it’s too small for even a longboard to really get moving. If you’re desperate, you could paddle out on the 15th or 16th for a few knee-high crumbles, but don’t expect much. This is a place where a blank run like this is pretty normal, so don’t sweat it – forecasts can always change.

Rusty.

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