Woolgoolga Back Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer at Woolgoolga Back Beach for the next couple of weeks.

First up, don’t get your hopes up too much for the first week. We’ve got a bit of a flat spell to start with. Wednesday morning the 5th of August is the first real chance to get wet, but it’s not exactly firing. We’re looking at a little 2ft easterly swell with a period of 10 seconds, and the combined energy is only 123 (moderate). The wind is glassy though, dead calm from the south at 3 mph, so the surface will be clean as a whistle. It’s a beginner-friendly wave, but it’s just small and ordinary. The water temp is about average for this time of year.

The rest of that first week and into the weekend is pretty grim. Thursday and Friday are mostly poor with tiny surf and cross-onshore winds chopping it up. Saturday the 8th is a write-off. Sunday the 9th of August shows a bit more size – 4ft from the east with a 9-second period and a combined energy of 218 (moderate). The wind is a cross-off from the NNW at 9 mph, which will keep it clean, but the score is still only marginal. It’s the best of a bad bunch for that first week, but I wouldn’t call it a standout.

There’s a real gap here. After that Sunday, we’ve got a long stretch of poor surf with onshore and cross-shore winds, bumpy conditions, and mostly small to moderate swell. Monday the 10th through to Saturday the 15th of August is all poor. The swell picks up a bit mid-week, but the wind is just nasty, mostly cross-onshore and fresh.

The only other little flicker of hope is on Tuesday the 11th of August in the morning. It’s glassy again, with a 3ft easterly swell and a combined energy of 118 (moderate). The wind is dead calm. But again, it’s just ordinary, not a standout.

Now, the second week finally shows some proper energy. On Monday the 17th of August, we’ve got a 7ft SSE swell, but the period is short at 8 seconds and the wind is a cross-on at 12 mph, making it poor. That’s too big for beginners and messy for everyone else. The combined energy hits 956 (strong). But then Tuesday the 18th of August is a bit more interesting. Morning brings a 6ft SE swell with a longer period of 11 seconds, and combined energy of 714 (strong). The wind is cross-shore from the SSW at 9 mph, so it’s not perfect, but it’s the cleanest of that bigger stuff. This is the only true standout in the whole 16-day window – a decent groundswell with some grunt, but it’s still a bit lumpy. For experts only at that size.

Bottom line: if you’re desperate, the glassy Wednesday morning the 5th of August is your only clean, small wave. The real, albeit messy, size hits on the 18th. The rest is a long, average run of poor conditions.

Rusty.

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