Coombesgate Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break it down in feet and Fahrenheit.

To be straight with you, the outlook for Coombesgate Beach is a tough one. There’s nothing in the first week that’s worth paddling out for. The surf is flat or tiny, with wave heights barely scraping 2ft for most of it, and the wind is pretty much always onshore or cross-onshore, messing up what little ripple there is. The water temp is sitting at 65°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – a solid 4° above average, so at least the swim is comfortable.

From Monday 20th July right through to the following Saturday 25th, every session is a write-off. The swell is almost non-existent, with combined energy values in the single digits to low teens – weak stuff. Tuesday morning the 21st gives a clean look with a cross-off breeze, but it’s only 0.7ft, so you’re not going anywhere.

Saturday afternoon the 25th sees a little bump, 4ft from the west, but it’s a short-period 5 seconds and straight onshore at 25 km/h. That’s not surf, that’s a washing machine. The combined energy creeps up to 55 (moderate), but the quality is poor.

Sunday the 26th brings the biggest swell of the whole period. The morning shows 4ft from the west-northwest with a period of 6 seconds, and the combined energy jumps to 129 (moderate). The afternoon pushes it to 5ft and 146 energy. But, and it’s a big but, the wind is howling at 25 km/h onshore or cross-onshore. It’s going to be a lumpy, choppy mess. That size is probably still okay for a confident beginner, but it won’t be any fun. The short period means weak, junky waves.

After that, the rest of the run into the first week of August is the same story. Tiny swell, onshore wind, and zero scores. The morning of Monday 27th has a clean cross-off breeze and 2ft, but the energy is only 45 – weak. It’s a tease.

The best you could hope for is the morning of Sunday 2nd August. It’s still small, only 1ft, but the wind is a light cross-onshore from the west-southwest at 10 km/h, and the combined energy is 32. The swell direction is from the west, which is close to the optimum WNW, and the period is 9 seconds, giving it a little more shape. But honestly, it’s a long shot. For a beginner break like Coombesgate Beach, anything over 5ft is too much, and the stuff in the second week is just too small and messy.

There’s really no standout session here. The whole 16-day window is a flat spell. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual. Forecasts can change, but right now, I’d leave the board at home and maybe go for a swim. The water’s lovely.

Rusty

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