Coombesgate Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. Coombesgate Beach is looking pretty grim for the next couple of weeks, to be honest. The whole window just doesn’t have any decent surf on offer for us. There’s a real gap of good days here, over a week and a half with nothing worth paddling out for.

Right now, we’ve got a tiny bit of west swell at 2ft, but the wind is all over the place – from the north in the morning, swinging northwest in the afternoon and chopping it right up. The water’s a warm 66°, which is over two degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s something, I guess, but it doesn’t help the waves.

We roll through Saturday and Sunday the 16th and 17th with even less energy, just ankle-biters with onshore winds. The period is short, around 7 seconds, and it’s just messy. There is a bit more push on Tuesday the 18th with the swell coming up to 4ft, but the energy is still weak to moderate (110) and the cross-onshore breeze from the WSW is going to make it lumpy. Not worth it.

The 20th sees the biggest swell of the whole forecast, hitting 5ft, and the energy jumps to strong (241). But again, it’s a full-on onshore west wind. That’s not surf for us; that’s just a washing machine. Might be more interesting for the kite crew, to be honest, with that much wind and chop.

Later on, around the 22nd and 23rd, we finally get some clean conditions with offshore and cross-offshore winds from the east, but the swell drops right out. We’re talking 1ft, just nothing to ride. There’s a period on the 23rd that gets up to 11 seconds, but with less than a foot of swell, that’s for the seals.

The whole run is just poor. It's one of those stretches where the swell is either too small or the wind is junk, and it doesn’t line up until the very end of the month. The last few days have some clean windows – the 28th and especially the 29th look like they could have some groomed little lines with 2ft of west swell and an offshore east wind. But again, it's small. We’re just looking at maybe knee-high peelers at best.

Bottom line: there are no good surf options in this 16-day window. The spot is fairly consistent, so it tends not to stay poor for long, but this is a bleak one. Forecasts can change, so I’ll keep my eye on it, but for now, find something else to do.

Rusty.

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