Coffee Bay Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, so what’s cooking at Coffee Bay Point? It’s a point break that lights up pretty consistently from the south-southeast direction, and the water’s at 21° – that’s normal for the time of year. Nothing wild.

Monday morning is the early winner: glassy, east wind at 3 mph, and a clean 5 ft swell coming from the east. Period is 11 seconds, so there’s some real groundswell behind it – the energy is 633 (moderate). That’s your best chance for a clean start. But Monday afternoon the wind swings onshore and the quality goes south – tide might be messing with it, too.

Tuesday morning: southwest wind at 9 mph, cross-offshore, and the swell is down to 4 ft from the east. Period is still decent at 10 seconds. The energy dropped to 420. It’s small and clean, but nothing special. Tuesday afternoon gets cross-shore and lumpy – skip it.

Wednesday and Thursday are a write-off. The wind is cross-onshore from the northeast at 12 mph, and you’ve got a long period south-southwest groundswell coming through. But the quality is poor and choppy – energy stays moderate to strong (537 to 582), but with that wind, you’re just fighting it.

Thursday afternoon gets interesting: a 7 ft south-southwest swell with a 15-second period comes in – that’s a very long period groundswell. The energy jumps to 2004 (strong). The wind is cross-shore and light, so it might be rideable, but tide is questionable.

Friday and Saturday morning are not kind: cross-onshore winds or stronger southwest cross-offshore winds, and the quality is poor. Saturday morning the energy is moderate and the conditions look cleaner with the cross-offshore wind, but the period is only 7 seconds – that’s windswell.

The standout window? Sunday the 23rd through Tuesday the 25th. Swell direction is consistent south-southwest, period 12 to 14 seconds (good groundswell), and mornings have light east winds onshore. The wave comments say marginal because of tide, but the energy is moderate to strong (725 to 748). If you read the tide right, there’ll be fun ones.

Then the big show arrives: Sunday the 30th of August you get a 8 ft south-southwest swell with a 9-second period and light cross-onshore wind. Energy is 1033 (strong). But Monday the 31st of August is the real standout: a 15 ft south-southwest swell with a 13-second period and clean cross-offshore southwest wind at 15 mph. The energy sits at a massive 8821 – that’s very strong. This is only for experts. That size is way over 8 ft, so beginners are out. That long period groundswell will line up nicely at the point.

From Tuesday the 1st of September, onshore northeast winds pick up and make it lumpy and blown out.

Crowds at Coffee Bay Point can show up sometimes, so Monday the 31st will likely be popular.

One more thing – on the 30th and 31st, that much swell at the exposed beach breaks might be more fun for kite surfers than paddle surfers, but the point itself will be classic.

That’s it for Coffee Bay.

Rusty.

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