Coombesgate Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s have a look at the surf out here.

The next couple weeks are looking pretty bleak. We’ve got a long stretch of onshore winds and messy, weak swell. It’s going to be a real grind for a while. The water is running at 65°, which is a couple of degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, so that’s a nice touch if you’re just having a paddle, but the waves themselves are going to be hard work.

Looking at the start of the week, Monday afternoon at Coombesgate Beach (Region_URL) is a non-starter. We’ve got a weak 3ft of west-southwest swell with a short period and a light northwesterly breeze, but it’s just not doing anything. The energy is weak, only 86, and the waves are poor.

Tuesday and Wednesday get a little bigger but worse. We’re looking at 3ft to 6ft of cross-onshore slop with fresh winds. The combined energy picks up to 340 on Wednesday morning, but that just means more chop and more mess. It’s not surfable. The period is short and the wind is ruining any chance of a clean face.

We drop back down to tiny leftovers for the rest of the week and into the weekend. Thursday through Sunday is all under 3ft, mostly in the 0.7ft to 2ft range. There is a moment on Saturday morning when it goes glassy with a long 9-second period, but there’s no swell behind it. Don’t get excited.

The beginning of next week, August 10th and 11th, are small too. There’s a cross-offshore breeze which will clean things up, but the swell is tiny. We’re talking 0.3ft to 1ft. The energy is almost non-existent. It’s flat.

Things look like they might start to lift slightly around the middle of next week, from the 13th through the 15th. There’s a pulse of west-southwest swell coming through, but the wind is going to be cross-on or onshore and it looks lumpy. It’s a no-go.

We get another small push around the 18th. There’s a brief moment Tuesday morning with a bit of east-northeast breeze making things clean and a 4ft swell. The energy is at 100, which is just starting to get into moderate territory, but the period is only 6 seconds. It’s surfable but very ordinary.

The bottom line is that there are no real standout days in this window. Everything is either too small, too windy, or too messy. This is a case where the lack of recommendations is telling. You’re better off finding something else to do for a while. Forecasts can change, but as it stands, it’s a long, flat, and choppy outlook.

Rusty.

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