Surf Forecasts:
Clovelly Bombie surf forecast from 26 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Friday 28 Aug, 4AM (local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period, SSE swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 7AM (local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period, SSE swell with 710 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Thursday 27 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ENE 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 Thursday (Aug 27) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.5m and 9s period. 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 2.0m 9s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.0m 9s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 27) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Thu 27th Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 4AM (Fri 28th Aug) | 5ft (1.5m) 11s |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Sat 29th Aug) | 6.5ft (2.0m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Clovelly Bombie over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, it’s a grim stretch ahead for Clovelly Bombie. We’ve got a long blank run to start, with basically nothing worth paddling for over the next few days. The first sniff of anything resembling a wave doesn’t show until Friday morning the 28th of August.
The overall story is a quiet, small period with only one very brief window of quality. The water’s sitting at 63°, which is about normal for this time of year off Clovelly Bombie (Sydney).
Let’s run through it. Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th are write-offs – tiny, weak chop with no energy, cross-shore winds, and a score of zero. Forget it. Then on Friday morning the 28th, we get a quick pulse. A clean, cross-offshore WSW breeze at 5 km/h meets a 5ft swell from the SSE with an 11-second period. The combined energy hits 598 (moderate), and it’s looking clean. That’s the standout. It won’t last, though – by Friday afternoon the wind swings strong cross-shore and the quality tanks.
Saturday the 29th has a morning window – 6ft from the SSE with a 10-second period, moderate energy at 732, and a clean cross-off wind. It’s a bit bigger, but the crowd profile here is “sometimes” and it’s an inconsistent spot, so you might score a few if you’re early. After that, the energy drops right off.
From Sunday the 30th all the way through to the end of the 16-day run – that’s 10 September – it’s tiny, weak, and mostly onshore or cross-onshore. There’s a few clean-looking mornings with offshore breezes, but the swell is barely 1ft with pathetic energy (mostly under 100). Even the longer period pulses on the 8th of September (2ft, 15-second period, 133 energy) are just too small to do anything with.
Honestly, if you’re a kiter and the wind is cross or cross-off, you’d have more fun. For paddle surfing, Friday morning the 28th is your one and only photo op.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | ||||||||||||||
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) | ENE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | SSE 8 | SSE 10 | SE 10 | ENE 9 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 |
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 kJ | 84 | 69 | 42 | 40 | 68 | 572 | 433 | 355 | 702 | 196 | 171 | 96 | 25 | 51 | 77 | 85 | 42 | 23 | 38 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:04PM1.50m | 7:42AM1.13m | 7:40PM1.53m | 8:16AM1.21m | 8:16PM1.53m | 8:50AM1.28m | 8:52PM1.50m | 9:25AM1.34m | 9:30PM1.43m | 10:02AM1.38m | 10:10PM1.34m | 10:42AM1.41m | 10:55PM1.23m | |||||||
Low Tide | 1:44AM0.17m | 1:19PM0.32m | 2:15AM0.13m | 1:59PM0.28m | 2:45AM0.11m | 2:40PM0.25m | 3:16AM0.11m | 3:22PM0.24m | 3:48AM0.13m | 4:07PM0.25m | 4:22AM0.18m | 4:57PM0.28m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
 | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:36 | — |
mm | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 20 |
Feels °C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 19 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | ENE 8 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 |
| kJ | 84 | 258 | 650 | 317 | 210 | 572 | 433 | 24 | 102 | 196 | 171 | 120 | 181 | 181 | 124 | 139 | 106 | 121 | 114 | 73 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 10 | ENE 9 | SSE 10 | S 9 | SE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | ENE 9 | ENE 11 | NE 4 | ENE 10 |
| kJ | 2 | 69 | 42 | 35 | 44 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 30 | 154 | 126 | 96 | 25 | 19 | 77 | 85 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 33 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 15 | S 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | S 13 | S 11 | — | — | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | S 17 | SSE 16 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SSE 15 | ENE 8 | ENE 11 | NE 5 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 18 | 40 | 68 | 90 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 51 | 17 | 16 | 42 | 7 | 38 | 6 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | — | — | — | — | — | S 4 | SSE 9 | SSE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 2 | NNE 3 | — | NE 4 | NW 3 |
| kJ | 184 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 355 | 702 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 29 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 77 | 22 | 22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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