Narrabeen-North Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight—this Narrabeen-North run is a tough watch. We’ve got a decent pulse of swell early on, but the wind and conditions are going to chew it up for most of the week. Don’t get your hopes up for long, because after Saturday it flatlines into a proper drought.

Wednesday the 8th kicks off with a chunky 8.2 ft SE swell (1748 combined energy), but that’s a misleading number. It’s a SE groundswell with an 11-second period—plenty of punch there—but the wind is hammering from the S at 9 mph, making it cross-on and choppy. The conditions are marginal at best, plus the tide’s likely doing you no favours. For advanced crew only if you’re desperate. Thursday the 9th drops to 6.2 ft SE swell (881 energy) but it’s still cross-on from the SSE, so expect bumpy lines and light rain. No good.

Friday the 10th morning finally gives us a clean window. The swell has backed off to 4.9 ft SE (471 energy), period at 9 seconds, and the wind swings WSW at 6 mph—cross-off. That’s the best we’ll see for a while. Waves will be clean with a bit of shape, but it’s not huge. Saturday the 11th is the real standout for the whole outlook. The morning sees a clean, gentle offshore from the NW at 9 mph, swell at 3.6 ft SE (369 energy), 9-second period. It’s small but glassy. The afternoon holds with NW offshore too, 3.0 ft ESE swell (318 energy) and an 11-second period—longer gaps between sets, makes paddling out easier. This is the pick of the fortnight: small, clean, offshore. Crowds are likely here, so get in early.

From Sunday the 12th onward, it’s a ghost town. Sunday serves up 2.0 ft ESE (98 energy) in the morning, then a 3.9 ft SW windswell in the arvo (161 energy) with a 6-second period—that’s gutless and choppy. Monday the 13th drops to 0.7 ft (7 energy), and from Tuesday the 14th right through to Wednesday the 23rd, we’re stuck with nothing worth paddling for. Combined energy values sit in the single digits for days, only creeping up to 138 on the 23rd with a 3.3 ft NE windswell (8 seconds), but still poor conditions. That’s a solid 12-day stretch with zilch.

So in short: if you’re keen, Saturday the 11th morning is your only real shot—tiny, clean, offshore, and fun on a longboard. The rest is either windy, messy, or flat. Hang in there, it’ll turn around.

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