Bulli Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you—this stretch is a tough one. For the next 16 days, Bulli Beach is not offering anything that’ll get the heart pumping. The surf is small, weak, and the conditions are ordinary for most of it. There are no real standouts, and the best you can hope for is a few sessions that are just barely surfable. Let’s walk through it.

The first recommendation doesn’t come until late in the period, and even then, it’s nothing to write home about. From Saturday 22 August through to the end of the month, the swell is tiny—mostly 0.7ft to 5ft—and the wind is nearly always cross, cross-on, or onshore, messing up what little wave there is. The combined swell energy is weak, reading between 7 and 200 (weak to moderate at best), but the quality is poor. There’s a brief moment on Thursday 27 August morning where the wind goes glassy, but the swell is only 3ft from the ENE with a period of 8 seconds—short period, so it’ll be lumpy and weak. Not worth paddling out for.

Then there’s a gap of several days with no real surfable recommendations. From the end of August through to the first week of September, the swell stays small, rarely cracking 2ft, and the energy drops into the single digits and twenties. The wind is occasionally offshore or cross-off, but the waves are just too weak to get excited about. On Tuesday 1 September morning, there’s a clean offshore wind from the WNW, but the swell is only 1ft—barely a ripple.

The one spot that might be worth a look is on Monday 31 August afternoon, when the swell bumps up to 3ft from the NE with a period of 9 seconds, and the combined energy hits 138 (moderate). The wind is cross-off from the NNE, so it’s clean. But it’s still small, and the break is a beach and reef setup that’s exposed to the NE swell. The long period (9 seconds) is okay, but nothing special. Crowds are possible here, as it’s sometimes crowded.

Further into the first week of September, the swell stays under 2ft, and the periods are short to moderate (4 to 11 seconds). The energy is weak, and the wind is mostly cross or onshore. The best wind is on Thursday 3 September morning with a light offshore from the NW, but the swell is only 1ft. Not worth the wetsuit.

Overall, this is a blank run for Bulli Beach. The surf is poor, and it’s going to stay that way. If you’re desperate, you might get a knee-high wave on 31 August afternoon, but don’t expect much. The water temperature is about 64°F—pretty average for the time of year, nothing unusual. It’s a tough stretch, but forecasts can change. For now, I’d say leave the board at home.

Rusty.

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