Broulee Main Beach (S end) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, looking at the outlook for our local stretch. It’s a bit of a slow burner for the next couple of weeks with only one true standout to get excited about.

Right off the bat, we’re looking at small, weak surf. For the first week, everything is tiny, mostly around 1ft to 2ft. The combined wave energy is really weak, barely pushing past 100 (96). On Wednesday the 3rd, Thursday afternoon goes glassy but the swell drops to 1ft from the SSE with only 53 energy – flat. There’s nothing worth paddling out for until the following week.

We’ve got a gap of mostly poor conditions from now through to the morning of Monday the 8th. The wind isn't doing us any favours either, mostly cross-off or cross-onshore, but the swell is just too small to care.

The one bright spot, and it’s a ripper, is Wednesday morning, September 9th at Broulee Main Beach (S end). We’ll see a jump in swell to a solid 6ft from the SSE, with a period around 10 seconds. The combined energy hits 634 – that’s proper moderate wave energy. The wind goes glassy in the morning, making it incredibly clean. This is the pick of the whole period. The water temp is about average for this time of year. If you can get out for that Wednesday morning session, you’ll score. The afternoon sees the wind swing onshore and the swell drops back, so hit it early.

Following that, the drop-off is brutal. From Thursday the 10th right through to the end of the forecast on the 16th, we’re back to tiny, weak, and mostly poor surf. Swell heights drop to less than 1ft to 2ft and the energy numbers are in the teens and twenties. A few mornings show glassy or offshore wind, but there’s just no push in the water. It’s a flat spell that looks to run for nearly a week after that one good morning.

So, bottom line: it’s a waiting game. The whole two weeks is a write-off except for that one glassy Wednesday morning, September 9th. That’s the session.

- Rusty

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