Gantheaume Point (Broome) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve got to be straight with you – the next 16 days for the Broome area are looking flat as a tack. The only break on the radar is Gantheaume Point, and she’s not offering much at all. We’ve got a long stretch of very minimal surf, so don’t be in a rush to wax up.

Right now, starting Monday the 10th of August, there’s barely a ripple. Swell is a tiny 0.3 ft from the west with a 12-second period, but the combined energy is a pathetic 4 (weak). The wind is a cross-offshore, so it’s clean, but there’s just nothing to ride. That pattern sticks around for days. Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th are similar – maybe 0.3 ft to 1 ft of weak, short-period junk with cross or onshore winds chopping it up. By Thursday the 13th, we’re back to near-flat conditions, and the whole first week is a write-off.

There’s a bit of a tease on the morning of Tuesday the 18th of August. A glassy, dead calm morning with a 0.3 ft west swell (12-second period, energy at 4). It’s clean, but the size is for a bathtub, not a surfboard. Don’t get excited.

The most interesting moment – and I use that word loosely – is on the morning of Wednesday the 19th of August. We see a 0.3 ft west swell with a very long 20-second period. That’s proper groundswell energy, and the combined energy hits 8 (still weak, but the period is telling). The wind is a light cross-offshore from the east at 9 mph, so it’ll be clean. Gantheaume Point is a beach and point, so that long-period west swell could wrap in and offer a few clean, walled-up waves for the patient surfer. It’s a beginner spot that rarely breaks, so if it does, you might have it to yourself – crowds are never an issue here. The water is 73°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so a spring suit wouldn’t go astray.

After that, the following week (20th to 25th August) goes back to the same story – tiny 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft west swells, mostly clean in the mornings with offshore or cross-offshore winds, but the energy is barely there. The afternoon seabreezes from the west will mess up what little there is.

Honestly, if you’re dead keen, the best chance is that Wednesday the 19th morning session. That long-period groundswell might just offer a couple of fun runners along the point. For anything else, it’s a waiting game. The setup is more interesting for a kite surfer on a gusty afternoon than a paddle surfer right now.

Keep your eyes on the horizon, the forecasts can change.

Rusty.

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