Bud Bud Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s be honest: this 16-day stretch at Bud Bud is a total dud. There’s nothing worth paddling out for in the first week, and the second week doesn’t get much better. The waves are tiny, the wind is a mess, and the energy is just sad. The water temp is 70°, which is normal for the season, so at least you won’t freeze while you’re sitting there waiting for nothing.

We start Friday the 7th of August with a 1.0ft swell from the WNW, but it’s a weak 6-second windswell, and the combined energy is only 14 – just a whisper. The wind is offshore from the ENE at 12 mph, but the conditions are still poor. Don’t bother.

Saturday the 8th is worse – the swell drops to 0.3ft, energy down to 3. It’s a bathtub. Sunday the 9th gives us a glassy morning, but the swell is only 0.7ft from the west with a 10-second period. The energy is 11, still pathetic. You’d be floating around doing nothing.

The whole first week is a write-off. Swell stays under 2ft, periods are mostly short, and the wind is consistently cross-on or onshore. The combined energy doesn’t break 100 until the 19th of August, and even then it’s only hitting 105 with a messy 3ft swell and 18 mph cross-on winds. That’s not surf – that’s a washing machine.

The best we get is Thursday the 13th of August morning: a 2ft swell from the west, 9-second period, clean light cross-offshore wind from the north at 3 mph. The energy is 46, and conditions are clean. It’s tiny, but it’s the best of a bad lot. Friday the 14th morning is similar: 2ft from the west, 10-second period, light offshore ENE breeze at 3 mph, and energy of 73. Clean, but small.

Saturday the 15th of August morning is glassy again, 2ft west swell, but the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’s weak and crumbly. Energy is 45. Still not worth it.

The second week stays subdued. The swell occasionally bumps to 3ft, like Monday the 17th morning, but the wind is onshore from the west at 6 mph, making it sloppy. On Friday the 21st, we see a 2ft west swell with a 10-second period and light onshore wind – energy 74, but not clean.

The biggest energy spike comes Saturday the 22nd of August: a 3ft west swell with a 10-second period, but the wind is screaming from the west at 22-25 mph, creating a strong cross-onshore mess. The energy hits 263, but it’s completely unsurfable. At a beach break like Bud Bud, that’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Bottom line: no good surf options in this 16-day window. The breaks here are fairly consistent, but they’re just not getting any love. It tends not to stay poor for long, so keep watching the forecasts – they can change. But for now, leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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