Clovelly Bombie Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the charts for Clovelly Bombie (reef). Let’s be real, the next couple of weeks are a mixed bag, and you’re gonna have to pick your moments.

The water temperature is running about 62°, which is a bit colder than what we’d expect for this time of year – nothing crazy, but you’ll feel that chill on the paddle out.

The first real glimmer of hope doesn’t show up until Saturday, the 29th of August. The whole week before that is mostly small and messy. We’ve got a few mornings with clean conditions, like Tuesday the 25th with a 3ft swell from the ENE and a cross-offshore breeze, but the energy is weak (74) and it’s just ordinary. Thursday the 27th morning goes glassy with a tiny 2ft, but again, it’s not lighting any fires.

Now, Saturday morning the 29th is the standout. The swell jumps to 6ft from the SSE, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is pumping at 609 – that’s strong wave energy. That’s a solid, pushy groundswell for this reef. And the wind? Light NW, cross-offshore, keeping it clean. That’s the one to circle on the calendar. It’s not a beginners’ wave at that size, but for the advanced crew, this is looking like the best session of the whole run. The afternoon glass-off is a bonus, but the swell drops back to 3ft, so the morning is the call.

After that, we go into a lull. Sunday the 30th and Monday the 31st are poor, with onshore winds and choppy conditions. Tuesday the 1st of September offers a brief reprieve with a clean, offshore afternoon: 3ft from the SSE, period of 12 seconds, and a gentle offshore breeze from the west. The energy is solid at 272, so it’s surfable, but it’s not the same caliber as that Saturday morning.

The rest of the first week of September is a quiet run of tiny, clean waves but nothing with any punch. You’ll see a few 1ft days with offshore winds – good for a longboard if you’re desperate, but the energy is below 50. That’s not a surf zone, that’s a pond.

The second week offers a few more ordinary mornings, like Saturday the 5th of September with a 3ft SSE swell and light cross-offshore winds, but the energy is only 140. It’s a slight improvement, but nothing to write home about. The spell of poor conditions stretches on, with a few days of clean, tiny surf and then some onshore chop.

Overall, the surf is scarce around here over the next 16 days. You’ve got one true standout: the morning of Saturday the 29th of August. After that, it’s a whole lot of waiting for the next pulse. For the rest of the week, you’re better off waxing the longboard and hoping for a glassy morning, because the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.

Rusty.

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