Bud Bud Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. I gotta be straight with you—this 16-day window for Bud Bud looks pretty grim. We're talking about a long stretch where the surf is just not playing the game. There's a solid week of nothing worth paddling out for, with the first few days offering nothing but tiny, weak dribble. The best we get is a few "surfable" moments, but even those are a struggle.

Let's start from Monday, August 3rd. The outlook is flat out poor. We've got tiny 1ft to 2ft swell from the WSW, with a period so short it's barely a breath, and a weak combined energy of only 36. The wind is straight onshore from the west, making it a complete washout. This continues through Tuesday and Wednesday, with the swell barely reaching 2ft and the wind staying on it. The wave energy finally climbs a bit on Wednesday afternoon to 158, but the swell is just 3ft from the west with a short 7-second period, and the wind is cross-onshore—choppy, messy, and not worth your time.

We get a small glimmer on Thursday morning, August 6th. The swell is still tiny at 2ft from the west, but the wind shifts to a light north-northeast, giving us a clean, cross-offshore breeze. It's surfable, but "very ordinary conditions" is the truth. The energy is only 55. That's as good as it gets for a while. The rest of the week is a mixed bag of onshore winds and even smaller surf, with the energy dropping to single digits on some days.

The next brief window shows up on the morning of Friday, August 14th. The swell is still small at 2ft from the WNW, but with a gentle offshore breeze from the northeast. The wave energy hits 103, which is moderate, and the conditions are clean. This is the best we'll see, but it's still just a "surfable" day, not a standout. The afternoon gets messy again.

The closest thing to a highlight is the afternoon of Sunday, August 16th. The swell picks up to 3ft from the WNW, with a 9-second period, and a clean offshore breeze from the east-northeast. The combined energy is 167, which is solidly moderate. It's clean, but the swell is still small and the quality is only rated as "surfable but very ordinary." For a spot that's exposed to a WSW swell direction, this is about as good as it gets in this flat spell.

Bud Bud is a beginner-friendly spot that's fairly consistent, but this run is a real test of patience. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, so no surprises there. The morning of August 14th and the afternoon of the 16th are your best bets, but don't expect much. The crowds are sometimes an issue here, but with this lack of swell, you'll likely have the place to yourself.

Hang in there, the forecasts can change.

Rusty

Read more