Narrow Neck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this outlook for Narrow Neck is a bit of a tough one. We’ve got a long stretch ahead with hardly anything to get excited about, so don’t be holding your breath for any fireworks. The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is about average for this time of year, so at least you won’t be freezing while you’re waiting.

The pattern starts off flat and stays that way for a good while. Thursday the 13th morning has a tiny 2 ft easterly swell with a period of 9 seconds – combined energy is weak at 48. Wind is a light cross-off from the SW, so it’s clean, but honestly, it’s just very ordinary conditions. That’s the best we see for days.

From Thursday afternoon all the way through to Saturday the 22nd morning, it’s a grim run. The swell never gets above 3 ft until the 17th, but when it does, the wind is either onshore or cross-onshore and strong – 15 to 19 mph from the SE or SSE. The waves are choppy, lumpy, and poor. There’s a bump in energy on the 18th Tuesday morning with a 8 ft ESE swell and combined energy hitting 938 (moderate-strong), but it’s accompanied by a 16 mph cross-onshore wind, making it a mess. That’s more for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Things don’t improve much after that. The swell sticks around 3 ft to 5 ft, but the wind stays mostly cross-onshore or onshore. There’s a slight glimmer on the 22nd Saturday morning – a 5 ft easterly swell with the wind dropping to 3 mph from the SE (onshore), but it’s still marginal, and the score is low. The afternoon has a clean cross-off from the NW on the 23rd Sunday morning with a 4 ft easterly swell (287 combined energy), but again, it’s marginal.

Then on Monday the 24th morning, we get a glassy moment – SSW wind at 3 mph, 3 ft easterly swell, 9-second period, clean as a whistle. The combined energy is 160. It’s surfable but still very ordinary. That’s probably the pick of the whole 16 days, but it’s not a standout by any stretch.

The rest of the week into the 28th Friday is more of the same – small swells, onshore or cross-onshore winds, and poor conditions. There’s a brief glassy period on the 28th Friday morning with a 1 ft SE groundswell at a long 14 seconds, but it’s tiny and very inconsistent for a reef break like Narrow Neck.

All in all, there’s no true standout here. The consistent breaks keep the tone a bit optimistic – it tends not to stay this poor for long – but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Stay patient, Rusty.

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