Coffee Break Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it.

Alright, lookin' at the charts for the next couple of weeks, and I gotta be straight with you – it's a tough stretch for Coffee Break. This spot needs an optimum swell from the NNE to really fire, and we're just not gettin' that. The whole forecast period is dominated by easterly swells, and the wind, mostly a cross-shore from the east, is just gonna mess up the surface. We're lookin' at a long, lean period.

It kicks off with a real bummer. Sunday the 30th of August, we've got a small 4ft easterly swell at a short 8 seconds, but with a 12 mph cross wind, it's just gonna be a chop-fest. The combined energy is weak at 238, and it's a total write-off. That theme carries right through. Monday the 31st of August sees a jump in size – 8ft from the ENE with a better 11-second period, and the combined energy ramps up to 1164. The wind is a light offshore from the NNE in the morning, which sounds promising, but the forecast says "marginal surf forecast or questionable tide conditions." That's a big caveat, so I can't get excited about it. The afternoon turns to a cross-shore chop anyway.

From Tuesday the 1st of September all the way through to Monday the 14th of September, it’s a desert. Wave heights bounce around from 1.0ft to 6ft, but the wind is consistently a cross-shore from the east, gusting up to 16 mph. The combined energy rarely gets into triple digits, and the wave comment is almost always "poor surf conditions." The only glimmer of hope is on the morning of Thursday the 10th of September, where we get a 5ft swell from the east at 8 seconds, but the wind is still cross-shore and the combined energy is a moderate 373. Still, the conditions are described as poor, so it's not worth the paddle.

The one day that might offer a little something is Friday the 11th of September. The morning session shows a 4ft swell from the ESE, a 8-second period, and a light 9 mph cross-offshore wind. The combined energy is 220, and the wave comment actually says "expect good surf conditions." That's the best we're gonna see, but it's a long way off and the swell is small. That afternoon, it's back to the usual cross-shore chop. The next day, Saturday the 12th of September, the morning is "surfable but ordinary" with a tiny 2ft swell.

Honestly, this is a rough run. For a reef break that needs the right direction, this kind of blank spell isn't that unusual. The setup might be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing through most of it. I wouldn't be holding my breath. We might see a change in the pattern later on, but right now, there's not much to report.

Rusty.

Read more