Broken Head Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, looking at the next couple of weeks for our local stretch. We've got a bit of a mixed bag coming up, so let's get straight into it.

The standout session is Monday morning, the 3rd of August. Broken Head is going to be absolutely firing. We're looking at a solid 6 ft swell pumping in from the southeast, riding a nice long 11-second period. The energy is moderate, sitting at 726, and with glassy conditions and a light WSW wind, it's going to be clean. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so you won't need a thick steamer. This is the one to circle.

After that, the surf drops off pretty quickly. Monday afternoon the wind swings onshore, and through Tuesday the 4th and Wednesday the 5th we're left with small, weak waves around 2 ft to 3 ft. The energy drops right off into the low hundreds. Thursday the 6th through to the weekend is character-building stuff, with ankle-to-knee-high waves and weak energy readings between 47 and 96. The wind is mostly offshore or clean, but there just isn't enough swell to do much with.

We slide through a long, flat spell right through the middle of the week. Sunday the 9th shows a little bump, around 4 ft from the east, but the wind is messy in the afternoon. Monday the 10th and Tuesday the 11th are small and clean but tiny. The whole second week, from the 10th of August onwards, is really a waiting game. The swell barely flickers above 2 ft, and the energy is weak, staying under 200. The highlight of the second week might be the morning of Wednesday the 13th, with a short-period 4 ft swell from the north, but it's a messy, weak energy reading of 190 and the period is only 6 seconds—not great for quality.

The real interesting anomaly pops up on the morning of Tuesday the 18th of August. We get a sudden spike of 6 ft swell from the south-southeast, with a very long 13-second period and a strong energy reading of 1106. That's a lot of power, but it's a long-range forecast, so treat it as promising but not locked in. The wind is a light cross-onshore, so it might be a bit lumpy, but for a point break like Broken Head, that long-period groundswell could actually wrap in nicely. Keep an eye on it.

Overall, the only no-brainer session is Monday morning the 3rd. Everything else is small and ordinary.

Rusty.

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