Bulli Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Bulli Beach is serving up over the next couple of weeks. It’s a pretty flat and quiet run, to be honest.

We’re looking at a long stretch of minimal to no surf. From now, right through until the 18th of September, the swell is tiny, mostly around 0.7ft to 1.0ft, with the odd pulse up to 2ft or 3ft. The wind is often messy, and the wave energy is weak, often sitting at under 100 (e.g. 9 or 56). It’s just not doing anything for us. There’s a whole lot of nothing for over a week.

Then, on the afternoon of Friday the 18th of September, there’s a bit of a blip. We get a sudden jump to a 5ft swell coming from the SSW. This is a short-period swell at 5 seconds, so it’s a bit of a messy windswell. The energy finally climbs to a moderate 142, but the conditions are described as “surfable waves but very ordinary.” The wind is a clean cross-off from the NNE, so it might look okay, but for a beach-and-reef setup like Bulli, that short period swell will just close out and be a bit of a washing machine. It’s only for the advanced crew, if anyone at all. Definitely not a standout.

After that brief pulse, it drops right back down to tiny surf again, with 1ft and 1.0ft for the rest of the weekend. The following Monday, the 21st, we see another small bump up to 3ft and 3ft, but the wind turns onshore and choppy, so it’s not worth getting excited about.

The standout, if you could call it that, is that Friday afternoon on the 18th. But honestly, the quality is so poor, and the swell is so short-period, that it’s more of a novelty than a proper session. The water temp is about average for this time of year, nothing unusual to report.

For the rest of the 16-day window, it's a waiting game. Bulli Beach is usually fairly consistent, so a run this long with nothing on the cards is a bit of a bummer, but it happens. Forecasts can change, so keep an eye on it, but for now, I wouldn't be waxing up.

Rusty.

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