Bruces Beauties Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into what’s shaping up for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a bit of a mixed bag ahead, with a long stretch of ordinary conditions to start, but a real standout day for experienced crew further down the line. Let’s break it down.

First up, Bruces Beauties (reef break). This spot is inconsistent, so don’t expect a constant show. It’s also for advanced surfers only, pretty much the whole way through. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

The immediate days are pretty grim. We’ve got some small swell around 4 ft to 4 ft from the East on Saturday August 29th, with moderate wave energy (522 on Saturday morning, 391 Saturday afternoon). The wind is howling out of the WSW at 19 mph, but at least it’s cross-off on Saturday morning and offshore in the afternoon, so it’ll be clean. Still, the score is low – just marginal surf. Sunday August 30th drops off to 2 ft and 2 ft with the same WSW wind, and by Sunday afternoon the energy is down to a weak 94. It’s surfable, but very ordinary.

Monday August 31st is the first tiny glimmer. Morning has glassy conditions with a SE breeze at 3 mph and clean 2 ft E swell. The combined energy is a weak 91 though, so you’re really just getting a few knee-high sliders. It’s surfable but nothing to write home about.

From Tuesday September 1st right through to Friday September 4th morning, it’s basically a write-off. Swell drops below 2 ft, winds turn onshore or cross-shore, and you’ve got a mix of light rain and strong breezes. Not worth paddling out. There’s a bizarre spike on Thursday September 3rd afternoon with a 2 ft SSW swell and a very long 16-second period, but the energy is moderate at 369 and it’s cross-shore with messy chop. Poor surf conditions.

Then Friday September 4th gets aggressive but ugly. Swell jumps to 10 ft from the S in the morning, energy is huge at 2923, period at 12 seconds. But the wind is cross-onshore at 19 mph from the ESE. That’s lumpy, blown-out, dangerous stuff. Would not paddle out. Same story on Saturday September 5th with strong cross-onshore winds up to 28 mph, despite the 6 ft to 10 ft swell. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing, if you’re into that.

Now, here is the standout: Sunday September 6th morning. This is the one to circle. We’ve got 8 ft of swell from the East with a 9-second period, and combined energy is very strong at 2232. The real magic is the wind – glassy, from the NNW at only 3 mph. Light rain, but it’ll be glassy and clean. That 8 ft is big, only for experienced surfers – too much for beginners. The direction is East, which is cross-off for this break (optimum is ESE), so it’s a good angle. This is the best on offer across the whole forecast, no question. It’s over a week away, so things can shift, but right now it looks excellent.

Sunday afternoon the wind switches to a strong W at 25 mph cross-off, making it clean but the swell pulses down, and it’s a marginal call. The rest of the week from Monday September 7th onward is mostly poor surf again: small to moderate E swells (3 ft to 5 ft) but with strong cross-onshore winds, near gales on Tuesday, and messy conditions. There’s a brief window on Thursday September 10th and Friday September 11th where we get cross-off and offshore winds again, but the swell is only 3 ft to 4 ft with weak energy and short 8-second periods – clean but gutless.

So, to sum it up: the first week is a long, frustrating gap of mostly poor to ordinary surf. Hold out for that glassy Sunday September 6th morning at Bruces Beauties for the only serious session. After that, it fades back to small and messy until the end of the 16-day run.

Stay patient, catch that glassy window.
Rusty

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