The Boiler Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, surfers, let’s have a look at what’s happening over the next couple of weeks at The Boiler. I won’t sugar-coat it – it’s a tough stretch ahead. This is a reef setup that’s inconsistent at the best of times, and the charts are showing a long, dry run.

We kick off Wednesday, the 5th of August, with a messy 5ft swell out of the WSW, but the wind is howling cross-shore at 22 mph, making a lumpy mess of things. The water is sitting at 69°, which is a full 8° warmer than usual – very unusual for this time of year, but it won't help the poor conditions. There's basically no surf worth paddling for all of Wednesday and through the rest of the week. We’ve got tiny, weak pulses of energy barely registering (combined energy values like 12, 7, 8), with most mornings glassy but flat as a pancake. The afternoons get chopped up by the wind again. This pattern drags on right through the first week, all the way to Wednesday, the 12th of August.

Finally, we see a real weak flicker of life on the morning of Thursday, the 13th of August. There’s a slight bump in swell to 3ft from the WSW, with a period of 9 seconds, and clean conditions thanks to a light cross-offshore breeze. The combined energy hits a moderate 111. It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary. This is realistically the closest we get to a highlight, but don't expect much more than small, weak waves.

The following Monday, the 17th, we see a jump in swell size, with the afternoon pushing 4ft from the WSW and combined energy jumping to a strong 296. However, the 7-second period is short and weak, and the wind shifts to a moderate cross-onshore that's going to make it choppy and poor. By Tuesday, the 18th, the swell is still around 3ft to 4ft, with strong energy readings (150), but the wind is whipping at 22 mph. The morning might be clean, but that kind of wind tends to turn a reef into an onshore washing machine. The setup actually looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on those windy days.

The final days are a wash-out again with onshore wind and rain. For a spot that’s already inconsistent, this is a pretty blank run. It won’t stay this way forever, so keep an eye on the forecasts.

Rusty.

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