Narrow Neck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve got to tell you, it’s a pretty grim stretch ahead for Narrow Neck. The whole 16-day run looks like a bust. We’ve got a solid block of poor surf conditions from the start, with only a couple of brief windows where it becomes barely surfable, but nothing to get excited about. There’s a long gap of messy, onshore wind and lumpy, cross-chop conditions that just won’t let up. The first few days, from Saturday the 18th to Tuesday the 22nd, are all cross-on or cross winds, with gusts ramping up to 28 mph, making it absolutely hopeless. The swell is there, but it’s blown out – Saturday morning has 6 ft ESE swell, but that 22 mph cross wind chops it up. The combined energy is moderate at 563, but it’s useless. By Wednesday the 22nd, we get a reprieve: a light offshore wind from the ESE at 6 mph, and the swell drops to 4 ft from the E with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is weak at 269, and it’s only a marginal surf call. Then later that afternoon, we get glassy conditions with a NNE breeze at just 3 mph, and the swell drops to 4 ft from the E, period 8 seconds, energy 173. That’s the best of a sorry lot – it’s a small, clean wave, but very ordinary. Thursday morning the 23rd also has glassy, light SSW wind, with 3 ft E swell, period 8 seconds, energy 105. Still surfable, but tiny. After that, it’s back to cross-on wind and lumpy, choppy surf for the rest of the run, with occasional small swells under 3 ft, and the energy dips into double digits (77, 72, 21) by the 26th and 27th. The water is sitting at 70°, which is about average for this time of year, so no shock there. Even the long-range days around the 1st and 2nd of August show a quick spike to 8 ft from the NNE, but with a cross-on breeze and only a 7-second period, it’s a messy, weak windswell that’s not worth paddling out for. Honestly, this is one of those blank runs where the forecast just doesn’t deliver. It’s a reef break for beginners, but the conditions are so poor that it’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on those bigger, windier days. Stay tuned, things can change, but for now, leave the board at home.

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