Coombesgate Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, and I’m looking at the next couple of weeks for Coombesgate.

Honestly, it's a rough stretch ahead. Every single day in this 16-day window gets a "poor surf conditions" label from the model, and the scores are all zero-rated. So I’m not going to try and sell you a dream that doesn't exist. The wind is almost constantly cross-on or onshore, and the swell is a mess for paddle surfing.

The water at Coombesgate is sitting at 66°, which is a whopping 5° warmer than normal for this time of year, so if you're just going for a float, it's unusually pleasant.

Let’s run through it. Wednesday, the 2nd, we’ve got 6ft of swell from the WSW but with a short period of 7 seconds and a fresh cross-onshore wind at 22 mph. That’s lumpy, choppy, and not doing the break any favours. The combined swell energy is moderate at (325). That theme carries into Thursday the 3rd, with 5ft waves and the same cross-on mess.

Friday the 4th offers a bit more size, with 6ft on the morning, but the wind is still onshore at 19 mph from the WNW. The energy is picking up into moderate territory (466), but the quality isn't there.

Saturday the 5th looks like the best of a bad bunch. We’ve got 3ft in the morning, dropping to 3ft in the afternoon, but the magic is the wind. The morning has a slight air from the west at just 3 mph, going to a light breeze in the afternoon. The period improves to 10 seconds in the afternoon too. That’s the day you might find a few clean, rippable runners if you don't mind small surf. The wave energy is weak though (127).

Sunday the 6th has a nice offshore wind from the SE at 12 mph in the morning, but the swell is tiny at 2ft and weak in energy (60). It’ll be clean, but you’ll be scratching for anything over knee-high.

From Monday the 7th through to the end of the run, it's a different story. The swell picks up, but the quality drops off a cliff. Monday morning sees 6ft from the W, but onshore wind. Monday afternoon gets proper: a 7ft WSW swell with a long period of 11 seconds, giving it strong to very strong wave energy (1086). That is a big groundswell, but it’s accompanied by a fresh cross-onshore wind at 22 mph. At a beach and reef spot, that long period swell is likely to close out and look a lot more like a windy, lumpy mess than anything rideable. This setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Tuesday the 8th is similar, with 7ft and onshore winds at 22 mph, and on Wednesday the 9th it’s 6ft but still cross-onshore. This pattern of decent swell but poor wind continues through Thursday the 10th (7ft, wind and rain), and Friday the 11th (4ft, onshore).

By the second week, from Saturday the 12th onwards, it all drops off. The swell is below 3ft for days, with periods all over the place and persistent cross-onshore winds. There’s a near-gale on Monday the 14th with 31 mph winds, so don't even bother. And that pattern of tiny, blown-out surf sticks through to Thursday the 17th, where the swell is down to 1ft.

So to wrap it up: this is a blank run. There are no standout sessions. Your best bet, and it’s a long shot, is the small, glassy window on Saturday the 5th. Beyond that, forget it. A 16-day run this poor is just bad luck for the area. Forecasts change, but right now, there’s nothing good to recommend.

Rusty.

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