Narrabeen-Alley Rights Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Narrabeen-Alley Rights. Honestly, it’s a tough stretch ahead. For the next week and a half, we’re mostly stuck with tiny, messy, or onshore slop, and the scoreboard barely flicks.

It kicks off Friday the 11th with absolutely nothing doing – 0.7ft of weak, long-period ENE groundswell washing in (period 15 seconds) but with a light cross breeze. The combined energy is just 42, which is practically flat. The water temp is 64°, about normal for this time of year, so nothing wild there. Saturday the 12th is glassy in the morning but still only 0.7ft, and then Saturday arvo a SSE swell tries to build to 4ft (period 11 seconds, energy 317) but the wind swings ENE at 12 mph, cross-onshore and choppy. Not worth paddling out.

Sunday the 13th is a joke – 2ft with a period of 5 seconds – barely a ripple. Monday the 14th sees a little pulse: 5ft NE swell (period 5 seconds) by the afternoon, energy up to 123, but it’s still just surfable, not good. Light cross-off wind keeps it clean-ish, but the period is way too short for any real shape. Tuesday the 15th and Wednesday the 16th are a write-off: strong southerly winds up to 25 mph on Wednesday, cross-onshore and messy. Thursday the 17th is even worse – 0.3ft, energy of 3. That’s plain flat.

Then there’s a long gap of nothing. A glimmer appears on Friday the 18th morning: glassy calm, 3ft ESE swell (period 7 seconds, energy 68). It’s surfable but very ordinary – no power behind it. Saturday the 19th morning is clean with a light N cross-off wind, 3ft E swell (period 10 seconds, energy 125) – that’s the best of a bad bunch, but it’s still not a standout. The period is short, and the energy is just moderate.

We then hit another dry spell through to the 23rd, with tiny waves or nothing at all. Finally, on Thursday the 24th, something changes. The morning brings a glassy, calm sea and a solid 6ft SSE swell (period 8 seconds, combined energy 446 – moderate to strong). The wind is dead calm – glassy conditions. That’s a proper window. The swell is around 6ft, which is getting into the expert-only range, especially at a beach/sandbar setup like this. The period is 8 seconds, so it won’t have that long, lined-up groundswell feel, but with zero wind, it should be clean and punchy. This is the only true standout in the entire 16-day outlook – Thursday the 24th morning. After that, Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th drop back to mediocre, onshore slop.

Bottom line: most of the forecast is a bust. If you’re keen, target Thursday the 24th morning for the best shot. The crowd factor at Narrabeen-Alley Rights is “often” busy, so be ready for company. But that morning, with glass and 6ft, it’s worth it.

Rusty.

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