Narrabeen-Alley Rights Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get this sorted. Rusty here, lookin’ at the next couple of weeks for Narrabeen-Alley Rights.

First up, the water temp is sittin’ at 65°, which is pretty much spot on average for this time of year – no surprises there.

The first few days are a bit of a mixed bag, but don’t get too excited yet. Friday the 10th has some funky light rain and a 6ft swell from the SE, but the wind is swingin’ around. The morning is a bit dicey with a cross breeze, but Friday afternoon cleans right up with glassy conditions and a 6ft SE swell. That’s a decent window, but the combined energy is moderate at 580, so it’s not a standout.

Saturday the 11th starts clean in the morning with a light offshore breeze and a 3ft ESE swell, period around 12 seconds – nice long-period groundswell energy (385). That’s a good sign for shape, but the size is small. By afternoon, the nor’easter picks up and chops it out.

Sunday the 12th through to Thursday the 17th is mostly a write-off. Swell drops to nothing, winds are strong and messy, or the swell gets too big. On Thursday the 16th, the swell jumps to 10ft from the SSE, but it’s blown out by a cross-onshore wind – that’s a mess for a paddle surfer, honestly looks more like a kite day.

Friday the 17th and Saturday the 18th see a big pulse of 12ft from the ESE (energy 2981 and 3097 – that’s strong stuff), but the wind is onshore and cross-onshore, so it’s gonna be a washing machine. Only for the experts, and even then, it’s not clean.

Now, here’s the standout: Sunday the 19th. The swell drops to a solid 8ft, ESE at 12 seconds (long period), and we get a light offshore breeze from the north in the morning. Combined energy is 1900 – solid. That’s excellent conditions for experienced surfers at Narrabeen-Alley Rights. This is the pick of the whole forecast. The crowd can be a problem here though – it’s often packed, so get in early.

After that, the week of the 20th to the 25th settles into smaller, cleaner but less exciting waves. The 20th has a 5ft SE swell with offshore winds in the morning, nice and clean, but nothing special. The 24th has a 6ft ESE swell, but the wind is cross-off and the energy is moderate (755). The 25th morning has a 5ft ESE with light offshore, clean and tidy.

Overall, if you’re a punter, you’re waiting for Sunday the 19th. That’s the one. Before that, Friday afternoon the 10th is your only other decent window. The rest is either flat, blown out, or too big for comfort.

Rusty out.

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