Broadway Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's break down what's in the water.

Honestly, it's a pretty bleak stretch ahead for the Broadway area. We're looking at a solid 16-day run with hardly a whisper of quality surf. For the next week and a half, there's just nothing to get excited about. The swell is tiny, the wind is messy, and the conditions are, well, poor. It's a real dry spell, and for a spot like this, that's just how it goes sometimes. You gotta wait for the weather gods to sort themselves out.

Through the rest of August and into the first week of September, it's a real grind. Saturday the 22nd through to the 31st, we're looking at waves that are barely pushing 2 ft at best, mostly from the east-southeast, with a combined energy that's weak (38 to 106). The wind is all over the shop – cross, cross-on, cross-off – but never really making it work cleanly. It's a lot of choppy, onshore slop with a few moments of clean conditions on tiny, weak waves. There's a moment on the afternoon of Tuesday the 1st of September where the combined energy bumps up to 101 (moderate) and the waves are described as "surfable but very ordinary" – hardly a ringing endorsement. That's the best we've got, and it's still a 1 out of 10. The rest is a solid zero across the board.

As for the water, it's pretty much what you'd expect for this time of year, no big anomalies to talk about.

So, the bottom line: no standout options, no sessions to mark on the calendar. The whole 16-day window is a bust. The only flicker of life is that Tuesday afternoon, September 1st, with a bit more energy and a clean wind from the northwest, but the swell is still only 1 ft with a long period of 14 seconds. That might mean a few lined-up, clean little walls at Broadway's jetty, but don't expect much. It's a promise, not a guarantee. For now, it's a waiting game.

Rusty, out.

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