Broken Head Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, lookin’ at the charts for Broken Head. It’s a bit of a slow start, but there’s a proper little gem hiding in the middle of this outlook.

Alright, Saturday morning we’re only lookin’ at a tiny 1 ft easterly windswell, period 9 seconds, and the energy’s weak at 38. The wind’s light from the NNE, so it’s onshore, but the surf is poor. Saturday afternoon the wind picks up to 12 mph cross-on and the swell drops to 1.0 ft. Not worth paddlin’ out.

Sunday the 6th sees a pulse of bumpy 5 ft north swell, period 6 seconds, with a light cross breeze. The energy’s moderate at 272, but it’s messy and marginal. Monday morning the 7th has a small 2 ft swell with clean conditions from a light SSW cross-offshore, but it’s just too small to get excited about.

Tuesday the 8th is interestin’ but tricky. We get a 4 ft SSE swell in the morning, period 9 seconds, with moderate energy (293) and clean cross-off winds. By the afternoon, the swell builds to 7 ft from the SSE, period 8 seconds, and the energy jumps to 586. The wind is still a clean cross-off, but it’s a fresh breeze at 16 mph. The surf is marginal, but there’s some size.

But the standout – and I mean the real standout – is Wednesday morning, the 9th of September. Glassy conditions, dead calm, with a 7 ft SSE groundswell at 11 seconds. The combined energy is a strong 1045. That’s proper power. The water temp is about average for the time of year here. Now, at 7 ft, this is expert territory, but for the crew who know, Broken Head is a point break, and that long period SSE swell (11 seconds) will wrap in beautifully with that optimum ENE direction. This is the best on offer, and it’s clean as a whistle. The afternoon goes to crap with onshore wind, so hit the dawny.

Thursday the 10th is for the brave. The morning has 8 ft SSE swell, period 7 seconds, with a fresh 19 mph cross-off – that’s big and gnarly, expert only. The afternoon sees 10 ft at 9 seconds, energy at 1503, still with fresh cross-off winds. This is heavy, powerful, and not for the faint-hearted.

Friday the 11th is a sweet second day. The morning has 7 ft SSE swell, period 9 seconds, with a gentle offshore from the SW. The energy is 756, and it’s clean. This is very good surf, but the afternoon fades as the wind swings.

After that, the swell drops right off. Saturday the 12th is tiny, and Sunday the 13th brings back some clean 3 ft to 3 ft SSE swell, period 10-11 seconds, with light winds. Monday the 14th is a beaut with glassy 4 ft SSE swell at 12 seconds – that’s a long period, very clean but a bit small. After that, we’re in a long run of poor surf from Tuesday the 15th right through to Saturday the 20th of September. Most days have onshore winds and small, weak swell. There’s a gap of about 5 days with no real recommendations.

So, to sum it up: Wednesday morning the 9th is the absolute winner – glassy, 7 ft SSE groundswell at 11 seconds, strong energy. Friday the 11th morning is a solid backup. The rest is either too big, too small, or blown out.

Rusty.

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