Bulli Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I've got the skinny on the local surf outlook for Bulli Beach. Let's be straight with you, mate – it's a rough stretch ahead.

First up, I'm looking at the whole 16-day window, and the honest truth is there's not a single standout session on offer. The swell is just too small and the direction is all wrong for this spot. Bulli Beach is a beach and reef setup that needs some real energy from the NE to get going, and what we're seeing is a whole lot of nothing. The combined swell energy is weak across the board, with values like 44 and 45 (weak energy) on Thursday, and it just doesn't get any better. The water temperature is about average for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

For the first week, starting Thursday the 3rd of September, we've got a tiny 2ft swell from the NNE with a short period of 6 seconds. The wind is cross-off from the WSW at 9 mph, which is clean, but the waves are just pathetic. The afternoon picks up a Westerly breeze at 16 mph, but it's still poor surf. Friday morning the 4th goes glassy with a NW wind at 3 mph, and the swell drops to 1ft from the ENE with a 10 second period, but the energy is so low (36) it's barely a ripple. Saturday the 5th is a joke – 0.7ft swell in the morning with a 9 second period, and the energy is just 9. The afternoon has a 2ft swell from the NE with a 6 second period, but it's still poor.

Sunday the 6th through to the end of the first week is more of the same: tiny swells, onshore or cross-onshore winds, and poor surf conditions. The only thing worth noting is Monday the 7th morning has a light offshore NW wind at 3 mph, but the swell is only 1ft – it's clean but tiny.

Moving into the second week, it doesn't get any better. Thursday the 10th has a 3ft swell from the ESE with a 6 second period and 75 energy, but it's onshore from the SE at 3 mph, so it's a messy, weak closeout. Friday the 11th has a 4ft swell from the NE with a pathetic 4 second period, and the cross-shore wind from the NE at 12 mph will make it a bumpy, choppy mess. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th see a long-period 14 second swell from the ENE, but it's only 0.7ft and 3ft respectively – a long-period groundswell that's too small to do anything with, and it's more suited to a point or reef than a beach setup like this one.

The rest of the week is just a sad run of tiny swells and clean but empty water. For a spot that's fairly consistent, this is a real dry spell. Honestly, with the swell being so small and the wind not helping, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on a few of those afternoons with a stronger cross-off breeze.

To sum it up: there's nothing to get excited about. The surf is poor across the entire 16-day forecast. Sometimes it just goes flat like this, and we have to wait for the next change. Forecasts can change, but right now, leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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