Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here. Let's have a look at the next couple of weeks.

We're starting off real slow. There's a bit of swell on Thursday the 27th, but it's messy and the wind's not helping, so it's not a goer. The water's sitting at 62° Fahrenheit, which is about 4° colder than usual for this time of year – that's a real chill, so you'll want the thick wetsuit.

We get a couple of clean windows over Friday and Saturday, but the surf is tiny, dropping from 4ft on Friday arvo to under 3ft by Sunday. Friday afternoon looks the best of the early days – that south swell at 4ft with light offshore winds will be clean, even if it's small. It won't be anything special, but it'll be rideable, and the energy is moderate at 882.

Then we hit a long, flat patch. From Sunday through to Wednesday of next week, it's all under 3ft and mostly wind chop. That's a solid few days of nothing, so don't plan anything. You're better off checking your wax supply.

Then the big stuff arrives. The end of the first week into the second brings a massive surge of south-east energy, but it's for the brave only. It jumps from 8ft on Thursday the 3rd to a solid 15ft by the afternoon, with strong SSE winds. That's not for surfers – that's for big-wave chargers. It's big, raw, and the period is short at 8-10 seconds, so it'll be a washing machine at this reef break.

It stays big and unruly through the 5th and 6th of September. The energy readings are huge – we're talking 4909 and 10990 – that's strong to very strong. But the wind is cross-onshore and the wave notes say poor conditions, so it's going to be a mess. At that size, over 8ft, it's expert-only, and with the onshores, it's looking more like a kite-surfing day than a paddle-surfing one.

The highlight of the whole run, and I mean the only true standout, is the Sunday morning of the 6th. The swell is pushing 16ft with a period of 11 seconds and a gentle cross-onshore wind. The score is a 7/10, which tells you it's the best on offer. The energy is massive – 10990 – and while the direction is East-South-East, which isn't the perfect angle for this spot, it's still going to be cranking. Expect a lot of water moving, but if you're good enough, that's the one to wait for. It's a long way out, though, so treat it as promising, not certain.

After that, it drops back down and gets messy again, fading through the 7th and 8th, and then we're back to small and clean around the 9th. Wednesday the 9th afternoon looks like a nice little classic – 4ft of east swell with a light offshore wind. It'd be a fun little session to wash the bad taste out of your mouth.

So, in short: don't bother this week, the middle is a write-off unless you're mad, and the only real standout is the big Sunday morning on the 6th. Keep your eyes on that one.

Rusty.

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