Narrabeen-North Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright mate, let’s talk Narrabeen-North. Beach and sandbar, exposed to the open ocean, and honestly, the next week is gonna test your patience. Water temp’s around 64°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year—no surprises there. But the surf? It’s been struggling. Weak, short-period swell and messy winds. Don’t bother paddling out until the second week rolls around.

Wednesday afternoon starts with a tiny 0.2m ESE swell, cross-on southerly wind at 25 mph, only 29 units of energy. It’s junk. Thursday’s the same—0.4m and 0.3m, all cross-shore chop. Friday’s flat-ish with 0.2m. Saturday morning goes glassy but there’s nothing to ride. Sunday gets slightly better at 0.5m and 0.9m, but the period drops to 4-5 seconds—that’s just wind slop. Monday afternoon pushes 1.4m but it’s disorganized NE windswell. Tuesday afternoon finally shows some life: 1.5m at 6 seconds, 190 units, but the onshore SSE wind wrecks it. Wednesday the 16th has 1.3m at 8 seconds and 238 units, but again, onshore and choppy.

From the 16th through the 18th, it’s all small and messy—0.2m to 1.2m, mostly short-period junk. Then Saturday the 19th hits hard: 3.0m of SSE swell at 11 seconds, with a massive 1964 units of energy. That’s a serious groundswell, but the cross-on southeaster at 25 mph is gonna chop it to pieces. Wave heights are well over 8 feet, so that’s expert-only anyway, and with the wind, it’ll be a battle. Saturday afternoon settles to 2.5m, still onshore, still rough.

Now here’s the one to wait for. Sunday the 20th, first light: 1.7m of leftover SSE swell at 10 seconds, with a clean north-northeast cross-offshore breeze at 9 mph. Energy is 550 units, solid, and the conditions are clean. That’s your standout window. The swell direction isn’t perfect for this break, but the size and clean winds make it the best of the whole stretch. Sunday afternoon drops to 1.4m and goes cross-shore, so get out early.

After that, it fades. Monday the 21st is back to 0.6m junk. Tuesday the 22nd is glassy but tiny. Wednesday the 23rd has 1.1m at 10 seconds with 290 units but cross-shore winds. Thursday the 24th sees 0.8m in the morning and 1.6m by afternoon, but the period drops to 6 seconds and the wind turns cross again.

So circle Sunday the 20th, dawn patrol. That’s the one. Everything else is either too small, too chopped, or just dead flat. It’s been a dry spell, but when that SSE groundswell lines up with light offshore winds, Narrabeen-North can fire. Just don’t hold your breath before that.

Rusty

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