Bronte Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, this is Rusty. Let's break down what's happening at Bronte Beach for the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, Tuesday afternoon (August 11th) is your best bet. We've got a solid 5ft south swell with a 10-second period, and the combined energy is a solid 625 – that's a good, punchy amount of power. The wind is clean offshore from the WSW at 9 mph, so the faces will be smooth. The water is sitting at 62°, which is a bit colder than normal, about 3°F under the average, so you'll want a good wetsuit. This is a powerful, exposed beach and reef setup, so it's one for the advanced crew only. The SW direction isn't a perfect match for the optimum SE swell direction, but the quality of the conditions makes it the best on offer.

Things get a bit average after that. Wednesday morning (12th) has a smaller 4ft south swell with cross-off winds, making for clean waves but only marginal conditions. The energy drops to 272. By Wednesday afternoon, the wind picks up to 16 mph from the WSW, keeping it offshore but the swell drops to 3ft with energy at 184 – it's surfable, but ordinary.

Thursday morning (13th) is another clean, cross-off morning with a 3ft south swell, but the energy is down to 120. Then Thursday afternoon, the wind swings onshore, bumping up the swell to 6ft but making it a choppy mess with energy at 734. Friday morning (14th) is a brief reprieve with a clean 3ft south swell and light offshore wind, energy at 212, but again, it's only good, not great. From Friday afternoon through to Monday morning (17th), it's mostly poor, with onshore winds and lumpy conditions. The swell sticks around 5ft to 6ft, but the energy is moderate and the wind is a mess – cross-shore, cross-on, and onshore. This stretch is pretty much a write-off for a paddle.

After a long gap of poor conditions, we get a promising window much later in the week. Thursday morning (August 20th) sees a bump in swell to 7ft from the east with a 9-second period, and energy jumps to 707. The wind is light cross-shore, creating a slight chop, but it's still considered marginal. It's a big swell for the area, so really only for the experienced.

Then, Friday morning (August 21st) is the next true standout. It's a full week away, so keep an eye on it, but the potential is there. We've got a clean 7ft east swell with a 9-second period, and the real kicker is the wind – glassy, dead calm from the WSW at 3 mph. The energy is 651, so there's plenty of push. For a beach and reef setup, that long period and glassy wind will make for some epic, clean lines. The east direction is a good match for the optimum SE swell. This is your second best option, but it's for experts only at this size.

The outlook tails off again after that. Saturday morning (22nd) is clean but smaller at 5ft, and by Sunday (23rd) and Monday (24th) mornings, we get some clean, cross-off wind with smaller swells around 3ft to 4ft from the ENE, with energy in the 200s. It's good, clean fun, but nothing to write home about. The afternoons in this period are all onshore and choppy.

Overall, the pattern is a few very clean windows punctuated by long stretches of poor, onshore conditions. The first Tuesday (11th) and the following Friday (21st) are your best bets. There's a gap of almost a week of average to poor conditions between them.

Rusty.

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