Redbill Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s chew the fat on what’s coming in the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a sluggish start. First whiff of anything rideable is at Redbill Beach, and it’s nothing to write home about. We’re lookin’ at a long stretch of small, average surf with a few neat windows, but nothing that’ll have you skipping work.

The weekend of August 29th and 30th is all about small, clean waves. Saturday the 29th might get you wet with a 2ft swell from the ESE and a light offshore puff, but the energy’s barely there (108). It’s surfable, just ordinary. Sunday the 30th is the first real bright spot: morning swell bumps to 2ft from the S with a dreamy 16-second period – that’s pure groundswell muscle (307). Winds are light offshore so it’ll be glassy. That afternoon gets even cleaner with glassy conditions and 2ft, but that long period on a beach break can make ‘em stand up a bit too straight. Still, for the size, it’s the best look early on.

Monday the 31st has another solid morning: 3ft from the S, glassy, with moderate energy (231). That’s a nice little session to start the week. Afternoon gets messy with a cross-on breeze, so get out early.

Then from Tuesday the 1st of September, it all goes quiet. A proper dry spell. Swell drops, winds get sloppy, and it’s just not worth the walk down the sand. That runs for a good 4 or 5 days – nothing doing.

Now, lookin’ further out, there’s a rumble. By the 7th of September, the swell comes back but it ain’t pretty. Monday morning gives us 4ft from the NE with messy winds. That afternoon jumps to 6ft from the SSE but with a short, choppy 6-second period – that’s windswill. No thanks.

The one to circle on the calendar – the real standout – is Wednesday the 9th of September. Redbill Beach gets a proper thump: 7ft from the S, still a short 8-second period, but the combined energy is enormous – 676 in the morning and a wild 1140 by the afternoon. Winds are cross-off from the SSW so it’ll be clean but strong. This is big, heavy, expert-only. 7ft is well into the "leave the foamie at home" zone, and with that short period, it’ll be a dumpy, powerful beach break. Only for the crew who know what they’re doing. If the wind holds, it’ll be a wild, intense session.

Thursday the 10th still has some size (5ft to 4ft) but cleaner, with a light offshore breeze in the afternoon. That could be a fun follow-up. Friday the 11th drops to 4ft but has a lovely 13-second period from the SSE – nice shaped waves, more energy (378), and those long lulls will make the paddle out easier. That’s another morning to pencil in.

After that, the weekend of the 13th fades again. Sunday the 13th has a ghost of a long-period S swell (2ft, 16 seconds, energy 224) with light winds – a sign of life, but tiny.

So, bottom line: the real highlights are Sunday the 30th of August morning, Monday the 31st of August morning, and the big boy: Wednesday the 9th of September afternoon. That Wednesday is the standout, but it’s for the brave and the skilled. The rest is small fry or flat. Keep an eye on those long-range pulses – they’re promising, but forecasts shift.

Catch ya out there.
Rusty.

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