Buggerru Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let’s take a look at what Buggerru has in store for us over the coming days. I won’t sugar-coat it: the outlook is thin and frustrating. For the most part, this stretch of sand and pier is going to be flat or blown out. The water’s running unusually warm at 82°, which is over five degrees above normal for early September—very unusual, and it adds a strange, soupy feel to the lineup when there’s anything to ride.

We start off with a dead flat spell. Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th are complete zeros—no swell, glassy mornings but no reason to paddle out. Thursday the 10th is the first sign of life. By late morning, a NW swell around 6 ft sneaks in with a short 8-second period. The wind is a messy moderate cross-shore out of the NNE at 15 mph, so it’s bumpy and not worth it. But here’s the one bright spot: Thursday afternoon the wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the NE at only 6 mph, cleaning things right up. The same 6 ft NW swell still has weak-to-moderate energy (389), but with the wind backing off and the water glassing up, that window is the only real chance for a few half-decent rides. It’s still a short-period swell, so the waves won’t have much push, but for an advanced crew willing to sit out the doldrums, it’s the standout of the whole 16-day run.

Beyond that, it’s grim. Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th see onshore NW winds ripping at 9-15 mph, with the swell dropping from 6 ft to 4 ft, and the period shrinks further to 7 seconds. The combined energy falls off a cliff—down to 148 on Saturday morning. Sunday the 13th offers a 5 ft NW swell with a light cross breeze in the morning, but the period is still short and the surf forecast is simply marginal. After that, it’s a slow bleed into flatness. From Monday the 14th all the way to Wednesday the 23rd, we’re looking at waves under 3 ft, mostly under 2 ft, with onshore or cross-onshore winds. There’s a brief flicker on Monday the 21st with a 5 ft NW swell but the wind is onshore from the NW at 9 mph, ruining any chance of clean shape.

To sum it up: the only window worth checking is Thursday afternoon, September 10th at Buggerru. That’s your one shot—clean, 6 ft NW swell, light cross-offshore breeze. Everything else is either flat, chopped, or too weak to bother. Crowds are possible there, so you might have some company, but given how poor the rest of the run is, it won’t be packed. For the rest of the 16 days, there’s a long gap from Friday the 11th right through to the end with nothing worth paddling for. The setup here looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on most of those afternoons.

Trust me, I wish I had better news. Keep an eye on the forecasts—it tends not to stay this quiet for long around here.

Rusty.

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