Pobbles Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here.

Mate, we have a tough run ahead at Pobbles Beach. To be straight with you, the whole 16-day window is a bust for a decent paddle. We’re looking at a two-week stretch where the conditions just can’t line up. The first solid run of anything even close to surfable doesn't appear until Friday, the 4th of September, and even then it’s a marginal call.

The water temperature on Sunday morning (23 August) is sitting at 69°F, which is a massive 8°F warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s very unusual.

Kicking off Sunday the 23rd, it’s almost flat with tiny 0.3ft to 0.7ft swells. The afternoon goes glassy, but there's just no energy at all. Monday the 24th brings a lumpy 1.0ft from a gusty easterly, and it doesn't get any better through the week. We see a weak spike on Thursday the 27th with a 4ft swell from the SW but the wind is onshore and messy, giving us poor quality. The combined energy hits 216 (moderate), but it’s all wind chop.

Friday and Saturday the 29th and 30th see the swell bump up to around 5ft to 7ft, but the wind swings strong from the SW and W, hammering the surface into a lumpy, cross-onshore mess. The energy gets up to 471 (moderate) on Saturday arvo, but with that wind, it’s a complete write-off for a clean wave. Honestly, with that kind of wind and swell, this beach setup looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

We then hit a completely flat spell from Sunday the 31st of August right through to Thursday the 3rd of September. Tiny 0.3ft to 2ft wind swells, and nothing to recommend. It's almost a blank week.

Finally, on Friday the 4th of September morning, a bigger 8ft WSW groundswell rolls in. The period is a decent 9 seconds. The wind is a light cross-shore from the WSW, and the combined energy jumps to a strong 1067. This is the one true standout in the whole forecast. It’s still a marginal forecast with questionable tide conditions, and the swell is over 8ft, so this is strictly for the experienced crew. The afternoon holds at 7ft with light cross-onshore winds. But that’s as good as it gets.

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th see that swell drop a bit, but the wind swings back onshore with heavy rain, making it unrideable. Monday the 7th is the biggest day of the whole period at 12ft with a 10-second period and a wild 2494 combined energy. But it’s blowing 31 mph from the W with rain showers. Clean wind, they say, but that is a washing machine for anyone but the most insane charger.

So the call for Pobbles Beach is a long wait for one hopeful session on the 4th of September morning. The rest is either flat, blown out, or too big with bad wind. This kinda blank run is a bit more normal for this spot, but forecasts can always change.

Rusty.

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