Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, gather ‘round. Rusty here, and I’ve been staring at the charts for our little slice of the lineup. Let’s be honest, the next sixteen days are a bit of a mixed bag, but there’s a proper gem hiding in there if you’re patient.

We’ve got a long stretch of nothing much to start with. Thursday the 23rd is a write-off—31 mph winds from the west making it a messy, ugly affair. Then Friday the 24th rolls in, and hold onto your board. Bruce’s Beauties (reef) is looking at a massive 13 ft SSW groundswell with a 16-second period. That’s proper energy. The wind is a gentle 9 mph from the WNW, which is cross-offshore, leaving it clean. This is a big, serious swell, well over 8 ft, so this is strictly for the experts. It’s an inconsistent spot, so you’ll be waiting for the sets, but when they come, they’ll be thick and lined up. The water temp is sitting at 66°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year.

The Friday morning session is the stand-out of the whole period. After that, the quality drops off a cliff. Saturday the 25th morning is glassy, but the swell is tiny at 3 ft from the SE with a short 10-second period—not worth paddling out for. The next week is a mix of onshore winds and messy, lumpy conditions. There’s a pulse of swell on the 28th and 29th, but the wind is howling from the east and southeast, trashing the surface. There’s a little window on Tuesday the 4th of August in the afternoon, with a light SSW wind, cross-offshore, and a 5 ft SE swell. The forecast says it’ll be good, but it’s not the monster we got on the 24th.

Then, we get one more shot. On Wednesday the 5th of August in the afternoon, a 10 ft SSW swell with a 12-second period rolls in, pushed by a clean cross-offshore wind from the WSW. That’s big, powerful, and clean. It’s a bit of a long-range call, so keep an eye on it, but it’s a promising one for experienced surfers. The following morning, Thursday the 6th, is glassy with a 10 ft SE swell, but the period is a short 8 seconds, so it’ll be a bit wonky and straight at the reef. Friday the 7th looks alright too, with a clean 7 ft to 8 ft E swell and light offshore winds in the afternoon.

So, the call is clear. The best on offer is Friday morning, the 24th of July, at Bruce’s Beauties. Get there early, paddle hard, and be ready for a serious session. The second best is that Wednesday afternoon on the 5th of August, but it’s a long way off, so don’t get your hopes up too high just yet.

Rusty.

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