Gantheaume Point (Broome) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this 16-day window for the Broome area is a tough one. The only spot popping up is Gantheaume Point, but it’s a real quiet stretch. The whole run is basically a chalkboard, so let’s get into it.

The first sniff of any surf is from Tuesday, September 1st, but it’s nothing to get excited about. We’re looking at a tiny 1ft swell from the west-northwest with a shocker of a 3-second period, and the wind is howling onshore from the northwest at 19 mph. The combined energy is a measly 3, so it’s flat and messy. The water is sitting at 78°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – a bit of a tropical bath, but it’s not going to help the waves.

Wednesday morning, the 2nd, is even smaller with a 0.3ft swell from the west, but the period jumps to 16 seconds. That’s a long-period groundswell, but there’s almost no energy (6), and it’s onshore wind. Wednesday afternoon and Thursday see the same tiny, weak swell with cross-onshore winds. The whole first week, right through to the 7th, is a blur of 0.3ft to 3ft swells, all with periods under 8 seconds, and the wind is mostly cross-onshore or onshore. The combined energy never gets above 32, so it’s basically a lake with a bit of breeze. Gantheaume Point rarely breaks as it is, so this is a textbook blank run.

From the 7th of September onwards, the swell drops to a consistent 0.3ft, but the wind direction swings offshore from the southeast and east-southeast. Monday morning the 7th has a clean, 0.7ft west swell with a 7-second period and offshore wind at 16 mph – the cleanest conditions of the whole outlook, but with wave energy at just 4, it’s barely a ripple. The morning of the 8th is similar, clean and offshore with a 0.3ft, 13-second period swell, but again, no energy.

There’s a real gap from the 9th right through to the 16th. The swell stays tiny at 0.3ft, with periods that bounce around from 13 to 22 seconds. The winds are often offshore or cross-offshore, giving clean conditions, but with combined energy values stuck between 4 and 16, there’s nothing to ride. The 16th of September sees the longest period at 22 seconds, but with a 0.3ft swell and cross-onshore wind, it’s just a glassy flatness.

The only standout here is relative. If you’re desperate, the Monday morning of the 7th offers the cleanest, most offshore conditions, but it’s for experts only in terms of patience, not size. The break is a beach and point setup, and it’s rarely breaking, so this is a real drought. The water is about average for the time of year, so no surprises there. Honestly, for a paddle surfer, this is a write-off. The setup with the wind and tiny swell looks more interesting for kite surfing than anything else.

Rusty.

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