Palm Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate. Rusty here, lookin' at the charts for the next couple weeks.

Honestly, for the next week or so, it's a bit of a slow burn. We've got plenty of small, weak swell and onshore junk mixing it up. Most days are gonna have you starin' at pretty ordinary conditions, so you gotta be patient and pick your windows. There's a glimmer of something real good towards the end of the month, though.

First up, Thursday the 27th of August. That’s the standout. Early morning at Palm Beach, we’re looking at a solid 5ft groundswell churning in from the south with a long 11-second period. The combined energy is strong (680). It's gonna have some real push to it. The wind is light and cross-offshore, so it’ll be clean. That's the session to circle. Later that arvo the seabreeze kicks in and messes it up, so be on it early.

The rest of it is pretty average. Sunday the 23rd morning, it goes glassy with a 3ft southerly swell, but that's small and the energy is only moderate (193). It’s surfable, but nothin' to write home about. A few other mornings like Friday the 28th and Tuesday the 1st of September show clean, offshore conditions with knee to waist-high swell, but it’s nothing special. A bit of a long wait between sets.

There are a couple of big, ugly days. Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th get blown out by a fresh southerly and southeasterly breeze, with swell jumping up over 7ft. That onshore wind and chop makes it a messy, blown-out zone. At a beach setup like this, that’s more of a kitesurfer’s dream than a paddle surfer’s.

We’ve got a real quiet spell after the 28th, with a few days of tiny 2ft to 3ft surf, before that last little pulse on Thursday the 3rd of September gives us 4ft of short-period southerly chop, but again, the conditions are marginal.

So keep your eyes on the prize: Thursday the 27th of August, early morning at Palm Beach. That's your best bet. The rest is just pickin' through scraps.

- Rusty

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