Surf Forecasts:
Narrow Neck surf forecast from 30 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 3 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period, SE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 2 Aug, 7AM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period, SE swell with 515 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 3 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Narrow Neck this week:
The surf forecast for Narrow Neck over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 03) at 10PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.7m and 10s period with a secondary swell of 0.5m and 6s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Narrow Neck in the next 16 days are 1.8m 9s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 02) at 7AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.5m 3s period and expected on Tuesday (Aug 04) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10PM (Mon 3rd Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 10s |
| Best Surf | 10PM (Mon 3rd Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) 10s |
| Most Powerful | 7AM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Narrow Neck over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let me give you the word on what’s happening at Narrow Neck.
Right off the bat, it’s a pretty grim stretch. The whole 16-day window is looking weak and miserable for the most part. There’s no real surf on offer for the first ten days, just tiny, gutless waves with a nasty cross-onshore breeze. You’d be wasting your time. That run of poor conditions lasts right through to the morning of Tuesday the 10th of August.
Finally, around Tuesday the 10th of August, we get a flicker of life. It’s still tiny, with swell only 2ft from the ESE, but the wind shifts into a light cross-offshore. The water is clean and the energy is a moderate 149. It’s surfable but only just. The afternoon bumps up a little to 2ft but then gets a bit choppy again.
The one true standout in this whole sorry saga is Wednesday the 12th of August. That morning we see a clean 3ft from the SE with a moderate energy reading of 226 and a light cross-offshore wind. Then the afternoon is the absolute best of the bunch: glassy conditions with a 4ft SE swell and a strong energy pulse of 370. It’s still a beginner-friendly size but the clean, glassy surface will make it feel way better than the rest of the muck we’ve been looking at.
After that, Thursday and Friday the 13th and 14th of August see the swell size pick up a touch more, with 4ft to 4ft from the ESE and SE, and a strong energy reading (334 to 442). But the wind becomes a problem again, turning into a fresh cross-onshore, so those days are pretty much blown out and messy. Not worth it.
The weekend of the 15th of August shows marginal conditions with a lumpy 3ft cross-shore chop. Another one to leave.
So, to sum it up: wait for the afternoon of Wednesday the 12th of August. That’s your window. Everything else in this outlook is a hard pass.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | E 7 | SE 5 | SE 7 | SE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 7 | SE 15 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | ESE 9 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 |
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 kJ | 19 | 33 | 36 | 85 | 31 | 57 | 110 | 104 | 255 | 85 | 153 | 132 | 74 | 32 | 32 | 46 | 34 | 38 | 54 |
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Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | off | off | cross | off | off | on | cross |
High Tide | 9:17AM1.14m | 9:28PM1.63m | 9:52AM1.18m | 10:02PM1.59m | 10:29AM1.22m | 10:38PM1.51m | 11:10AM1.25m | 11:16PM1.41m | 11:56AM1.28m | 11:59PM1.29m | 12:50PM1.30m | 00:49AM1.17m | |||||||
Low Tide | 3:27AM0.20m | 2:53PM0.23m | 3:58AM0.19m | 3:32PM0.25m | 4:30AM0.20m | 4:13PM0.29m | 5:03AM0.23m | 4:59PM0.36m | 5:40AM0.26m | 5:54PM0.43m | 6:22AM0.29m | 7:01PM0.51m | |||||||
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 | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 16 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 6 | SE 6 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 6 | SE 10 | E 7 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ENE 7 | SE 8 | ENE 6 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 12 | 33 | 33 | 8 | 31 | 17 | 35 | 66 | 48 | 55 | 153 | 132 | 74 | 25 | 32 | 26 | 34 | 38 | 54 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 7 | SSE 10 | NE 8 | SE 11 | NE 6 | E 9 | E 8 | SE 10 | ESE 15 | SE 10 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 9 | ENE 7 | ESE 9 | ENE 7 | ENE 10 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 11 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 85 | 85 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 32 | 18 | 46 | 21 | 31 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | E 13 | E 13 | ENE 8 | SE 10 | E 18 | E 17 | SE 16 | SE 15 | ESE 14 | SE 13 | E 15 | E 12 | SE 9 | ESE 10 | E 13 | E 18 | E 18 | SSE 11 |
| kJ | 19 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 255 | 74 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 7 | — | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 7 | ESE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 3 | NNW 3 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 19 | 8 | 36 | 85 | — | 57 | 110 | 104 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 25 | 24 | 162 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
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