Coffs Harbour-North Wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty, and I’m looking at the surf for Coffs Harbour-North Wall. This is a point break, exposed to the swell, and it needs a decent SE direction to work properly. The water temp is sitting at 20°, which is about normal for this time of year, nothing crazy there.

We’ve got a bit of a slow start coming up. Wednesday the 22nd is a write-off with onshore wind and poor conditions, so don’t even bother. Thursday the 23rd morning is surfable but very ordinary, tiny 3ft east swell, and the wind is cross-off so it’s clean, but it’s just not doing much. The rest of that week is a real mixed bag—small waves, onshore winds, and a lot of marginal surf. Friday the 24th picks up a touch with a 4ft to 5ft SSE swell, but the period is short (7 seconds) and the wind is cross-off, so it’s clean but the waves are weak and choppy. Saturday the 25th morning brings a 5ft SSE swell with a very long period of 14 seconds, giving strong combined energy (898), but the wind is cross-on and it’s still marginal. That long period groundswell might be a bit straight for the beach, but at a point it could be okay if the banks line up.

The real standout in this outlook is Sunday the 26th morning. The wind goes glassy, dead calm, with a clean 3ft south-southeast swell at 13 seconds. The combined energy is moderate (313) and the conditions are glassy. This is the best clean, small-wave window of the first week. Monday the 27th morning is also glassy with 3ft, but it’s a bit weaker.

Now, there’s a gap after Tuesday the 28th—just tiny, weak swell through until the end of July. It’s not worth paddling out. That brings us to a serious standout on Sunday the 2nd of August. The morning session is a beast: 8ft SSE swell, 9-second period, and the combined energy is way up at 1058. The wind is glassy. This is excellent for experienced surfers, but it’s big—over 8ft—so it’s expert-only. The afternoon sees it jump to 10ft, which is too big for this break and the wind goes cross-on, so that’s a pass.

Monday the 3rd of August morning is still a good one: 7ft ESE swell, glassy wind, and combined energy of 672. That’s solid, clean, and powerful. Tuesday the 4th has a couple of decent windows with 5ft to 5ft east swell and clean conditions, but it’s not the top pick.

So, to wrap it up: the best wave of the whole 16 days is Sunday the 26th of July morning for clean, small waves, and the other big one is Sunday the 2nd of August morning for experienced surfers with a solid, glassy swell. The rest is mostly small or messy.

Rusty.

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