Narrow Neck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.97° S 153.43° E

Issued: 9 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Narrow Neck sea temperature is

20.7° C

Narrow Neck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Narrow Neck today (23 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Narrow Neck at 6PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (23 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (23 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

Table - waves today at Narrow Neck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Fri afternoon).
	Thursday 23						Friday 24								Saturday 25
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 6	SE 7	E 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	181	173	136	133	133	105	105	103	102	80	60	95	93	99	91	115	140	113	84	80	58	57
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	NNW	NE	E	WSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	ESE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	off
High Tide					4:10PM1.25m			3:37AM0.90m					5:09PM1.32m				4:53AM0.88m				5:56PM1.40m
Low Tide		9:00AM0.37m					10:45PM0.61m			9:53AM0.37m					11:48PM0.55m				10:45AM0.35m


	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	20	20	18	18	16	15	15	17	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	15	16	17	17	16
Feels °C	15	17	19	18	17	18	15	13	12	12	12	9	10	10	11	10	10	12	14	15	16	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	181	173	136	133	133	105	105	103	102	80	60	58	57	99	91	115	140	113	84	80	58	57
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	ENE 8	S 9	S 9	SE 9	S 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 11	E 11	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SE 10	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 15	SE 14	SE 11	SE 11
kJ	16	87	6	6	3	7	3	3	2	2	10	21	17	26	27	16	18	42	55	51	18	44
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	S 9	E 12	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 6	—	SE 6	E 12	E 8	E 10	NE 10	—	—	SSE 18	SE 14	SE 16	SE 10	SE 11	ESE 14	NE 7
kJ	3	13	3	3	3	3	2	—	2	3	5	19	4	—	—	34	8	64	28	29	18	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 3	S 4	SSE 4	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	18	8	33	95	93	93	62	32	436	355	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	25	8	0	0	1	11	25	162	64	24	14	1	1	3	14	24	61	29	0
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