Coombesgate Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break down what’s happening at Coombesgate Beach. I gotta be honest, it’s a pretty bleak picture. For the first few days, there’s barely a wave to be found.

We start on Saturday, August 8th, with a tiny 0.7ft swell from the west, a 9-second period, and a light northerly cross-breeze. The water’s at 66°F, which is a solid 4°F warmer than usual for this time of year – that’s a pretty big deal, feels like a warm bath. But the surf is just poor, with only 8 units of combined energy. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday the 9th is even worse – you’re looking at 0.3ft waves. Monday the 10th bumps up a little to 2ft, but it’s a short-period windswell with a cross-onshore wind, so it’s choppy and messy. Tuesday the 11th gives us some clean conditions with a gentle offshore from the ESE, but the swell is only 0.7ft – too small to ride.

The first real glimmer comes on Wednesday the 12th. We get a 2ft swell from the WSW with a 10-second period. The combined energy hits 104 (moderate), and we’ve got clean conditions with a light offshore wind in the morning and a cross-offshore in the arvo. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. This is as good as it gets for a while.

Thursday the 13th morning looks similar – 3ft, 11-second period from the WSW, 187 units of energy, and clean with a light ENE cross-offshore. That 11-second period gives the waves a bit more shape and push, but the size is still small. The afternoon gets blown out by a strong onshore westerly.

Then we hit a long, frustrating gap. From Friday the 14th all the way through to Sunday the 23rd, it’s pretty much a write-off. There are a few days with waist-high swell – like Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th, where the swell hits 4ft to 4ft from the west, with moderate energy (138 and 165), but the wind is onshore or cross-onshore, making it choppy and ugly. The period is short, around 6 to 7 seconds, so no real power behind it.

Even the 4ft on Wednesday the 19th is only for experts due to the size and poor conditions, but honestly, with that onshore wind and short period, it’s more of a messy wall than anything fun.

There is no standout session here. If you’re desperate, the cleanest windows are Wednesday the 12th morning and Thursday the 13th morning, but keep expectations low. For the rest of the run, it’s a lot of wind and not much wave. Given the beach-and-reef setup and the strong onshore winds on some of those bigger days, this looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Stay patient, mate. It’ll come good eventually.

- Rusty

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