Bulli Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, this is Rusty. Let’s size up Bulli Beach for the next 16 days. I’ll be honest – the first week or so is a bit of a dead loss. From Monday the 13th through the end of the week, it’s all flat, tiny, or messy. The water temp is 65°, which is right about average for this time of year.

Monday the 13th is a total flat day – swell barely a foot at 0.3 ft from the SE with a weak 8-second period, combined energy a measly 5. Nothing doing. Tuesday the 14th is no better – 1 ft from the NNE with a pathetic 4-second period, messy cross-off wind. Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th are completely flat – no swell at all. Friday the 17th shows a pulse of 5 ft from the S, but it’s short-period slop at 5 seconds, cross-on wind, and combined energy hits 102 (moderate). Conditions are choppy and poor. The weekend of the 18th and 19th stays small and cross-on, with Sunday the 19th showing 5 ft from the ENE at 9 seconds and combined energy of 344 (moderate-to-strong), but the wind is onshore and it’s still marginal.

The standout window is Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st of July. Monday morning brings 5 ft of ENE swell at 9 seconds, combined energy of 321 (moderate-to-strong), and glassy conditions – dead calm. That’s clean, lined-up surf for Bulli Beach. This is an advanced break, and with a 5 ft swell, it’s solid but not excessive. It’s a beach and reef setup, so the longer 9-second period groundswell will give you good shape and longer gaps between sets, making the paddle out easier. The swell direction is ENE, a bit off the optimum NE, but it still works. Crowds are sometimes. Tuesday morning holds similar 4 ft from the ENE at 10 seconds with 312 energy, but the wind turns to a light cross-on, so Monday is the cleaner pick.

After that, Wednesday the 22nd morning is clean with a cross-off wind and 4 ft at 10 seconds, but the afternoon gets messed up by a 12 mph NE cross wind. Thursday the 23rd morning is also clean with 4 ft at 9 seconds, but the afternoon brings rain and a cross wind. The rest of the week from the 24th onward is mostly cross-on and choppy, with the swell dropping. The 27th and 28th see a long-period 13-second swell from the E at 3 ft to 4 ft, but the wind is cross or glassy, so there might be a few clean ones, but the energy is weak.

Bottom line: the first week is a washout. Your best bet is Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st of July – glassy, clean, solid ENE swell. For advanced surfers, that’s the window. Everything else is a miss or a mess.

Rusty.

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