
Surf Forecasts:
Clovelly Bombie surf forecast from 5 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 9 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period, SSE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 10 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period, SSE swell with 1,980 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 9 Sep, 1AM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Clovelly Bombie this week:
The surf forecast for Clovelly Bombie over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Sep 09) at 1AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.7m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.1m and 10s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Clovelly Bombie in the next 16 days are 3.0m 10s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Sep 10) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 3.0m 10s period and expected on Monday (Sep 07) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 1AM (Wed 9th Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Thu 10th Sep) | 10ft (3.0m) 10s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Clovelly Bombie over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G'day, Rusty here, and we're looking at a proper mixed bag for Clovelly Bombie over the next couple of weeks. To be straight with you, the first week and a half is pretty grim, but there's a monster on the horizon if you've got the patience and the skill.
The pattern starts off flat and frustrating. From now through to around the 10th of September, we're looking at tiny, weak dribble. Swell heights are barely scraping past 0.7 ft with wave energy in the doldrums. The only real highlight in this stretch is a glassy, clean-looking early Monday morning (7th September) with a WNW breeze at just 3 mph. Still, the swell is only 0.3 ft, so you'd be better off checking the tide pools. There's a long gap of quiet days here with absolutely nothing worth paddling out for.
Things start to stir around Tuesday the 8th and 9th of September as a pulse of moderate energy kicks in. We see SE and SSE swells of 4 ft to 4 ft with periods around 9 to 10 seconds, and the combined energy picks up to a solid moderate range. Tuesday morning is let down by a fresh cross-shore wind (19 mph from the S), making things lumpy. Wednesday morning is cleaner with a cross-off breeze, but the waves are still pretty ordinary. Then Wednesday afternoon gets messy as a strong cross-shore chop rolls in with the swell jumping to 7 ft, which is pushing into expert territory but with terrible conditions.
We then hit another flat, quiet patch from the 10th to the 16th. Swell drops back to under 3 ft, and energy falls through the floor. Saturday morning the 12th of September offers a brief, glassy reprieve with 1 ft of SSE swell at a very long period (18 seconds), but the energy is low, so it's weak. This deepwater groundswell will likely break too straight for Bombie anyway – this reef needs a more east in the angle to really fire.
Now, here's where it gets interesting. From Thursday the 17th of September, we see a significant swell event forecast. The swell cranks up to 12 ft from the SSE, with a long 13-second period and massive wave energy readings in the multiple thousands. This is expert-only, heavy-duty surf and the raw power is undeniable. Thursday morning has a decent cross-off breeze, but with 12 ft of swell, only the most experienced should even consider it. That big pulse hangs around through Friday the 18th (10 ft, 14-second period) and into Saturday the 19th (6 ft to 7 ft).
The absolute standout of the whole outlook, though, is Sunday the 20th of September. The morning is looking pristine. We have a 10 ft SSE swell – big, powerful, and with moderate energy. The wind is forecast to be glassy, from the SSW at just 3 mph. That is dead calm. For a heavy reef like Clovelly Bombie, glassy conditions on a 10 ft swell is a proper, rare treat. This is the pick of the entire 16-day window. The swell direction (SSE) isn't a perfect match for the optimum ENE that Bombie loves, but the size and the glassy wind make it a serious prospect. The afternoon does turn a bit choppy with an onshore breeze, so the morning session on the 20th is the one to circle on your calendar.
Water temp is sitting around 64°F, which is about average for this time of year, so nothing out of the ordinary there.
So, bottom line: the first week and a half is a write-off. But hold out for that Sunday the 20th of September morning session at Clovelly Bombie. It's a big day for big kids only, but it could be special. Keep an eye on the forecasts as we get closer.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Sat afternoon, calm by Mon morning). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Tue night, strong winds from the S by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSE 8 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 7 | SSE 10 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | ESE 9 | E 15 | E 14 | SSE 19 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 542 | 264 | 235 | 466 | 243 | 432 | 1980 | 50 | 169 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 35 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | glassy | on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | off | off | on | cross |
High Tide | 2:40PM1.42m | 3:46AM0.94m | 3:54PM1.47m | 4:59AM1.00m | 4:59PM1.54m | 5:57AM1.09m | 5:56PM1.60m | 6:45AM1.19m | 6:46PM1.63m | 7:28AM1.28m | 7:32PM1.61m | 8:08AM1.35m | 8:15PM1.56m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 9:47PM0.30m | 9:09AM0.46m | 10:57PM0.22m | 10:24AM0.42m | 11:54PM0.14m | 11:28AM0.35m | 00:41AM0.07m | 12:24PM0.27m | 1:23AM0.03m | 1:14PM0.21m | 2:01AM0.03m | 2:02PM0.17m | 2:36AM0.06m | ||||||||
6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | |
— | 5:38 | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | 5:43 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 24 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | ENE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 8 | S 10 | S 9 | SSE 9 | E 10 | SE 10 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | E 9 | E 16 | S 11 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 |
60 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 99 | 1124 | 377 | 326 | 9 | 264 | 356 | 466 | 243 | 2 | 5 | 1185 | 1066 | 1107 | 785 | 693 | 514 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 5 | S 9 | S 9 | E 11 | NE 7 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | NE 7 | E 10 | SE 9 | E 10 | NE 10 | S 16 | S 25 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | ESE 9 | E 15 | E 14 | SSE 19 |
2 | 42 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 235 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 169 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 35 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 11 | E 8 | E 10 | E 10 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | — | E 10 | NE 7 | SE 10 | E 17 | — | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | E 15 | S 22 | E 10 | E 13 |
7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 2 | WNW 3 | W 3 | SSW 7 | S 8 | S 10 | — | — | SSE 8 | S 9 | — | — | NW 3 | SSE 7 | SSE 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | 8 | 4 | 73 | 360 | 1539 | — | — | 542 | 593 | — | — | 1 | 432 | 1980 | 1695 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 243 | 139 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 139 | 18 | 18 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
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Information about the Clovelly Bombie Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Clovelly Bombie provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 16 days. A general guide to surfing at Clovelly Bombie can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Clovelly Bombie surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Clovelly Bombie) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Clovelly Bombie may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
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