Surf Forecasts:
Narrow Neck surf forecast from 21 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 22 Jul, 1PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period, E swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 21 Jul, 10PM (local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period, E swell with 436 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 22 Jul, 1PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with E 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 Wednesday (Jul 22) at 1PM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.3m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 1.1m and 9s. 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 1.6m 9s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Jul 21) at 10PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.1m 9s period and expected on Saturday (Jul 25) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 1PM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 1PM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 10PM (Tue 21st Jul) | 5ft (1.6m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Narrow Neck over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright groms, Rusty here. Let’s break down the next 16 days.
To be honest, for most of this stretch, you’re better off staying home. There’s a lot of small, choppy, cross-onshore junk, with only a couple of brief windows of clean, rideable surf.
The first real chance to get wet is Thursday morning, July 23rd. Narrow Neck will see a bump of about 4ft from the east, with a period of 8 seconds. The key is the glassy conditions from a light WNW breeze. Combined energy is weak at 289, so it’s not powerful, but it’ll be clean and small for a beginner-friendly session. The water is 69°F, which is pretty average for this time of year.
That glassy window is gone by Thursday afternoon, when the wind goes cross-on and the waves drop to 3ft, with energy falling to 136. Friday (July 24th) gets torn up by fresh SSE winds – 4ft at 7 seconds of lumpy, cross-onshore slop.
The next little window is Saturday morning, July 25th. Again, glassy with a light westerly. Swell is tiny at 2ft, but it’s a long-period 11 second groundswell from the southeast. Energy is 185, so it’s weak, but the clean surface will be a treat for a log or a foamie. This is a reef spot, so the long period will wrap in better than at a beach break. Crowds are possible, so expect a few others.
From Saturday afternoon onward, it’s a long, flat, and choppy run. We’re talking days of 0.7ft to 1ft at 8 to 11 seconds, with constant cross-onshore winds. Energy drops to 42, 20, 18, 17. This dead stretch runs from Sunday July 26th all the way through to the end on August 5th. Even a 2ft bump on July 31st and August 1st is ruined by 15-20 mph winds.
The last slot on August 5th has a clean cross-off wind, but with only 2ft at 7 seconds from the ENE, it’s barely a ripple. Energy is 45-47. Clean, but not surfable.
So, the best of the worst is Thursday morning, July 23rd, and Saturday morning, July 25th. Both are small, clean, and beginner-friendly. If you’ve got a longboard and low expectations, those are your only shots. The rest? Just leave the board in the rack.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Fri morning). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | ||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 7 | SE 10 | SE 11 | E 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | E 8 | E 11 | E 13 | E 13 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 705 | 425 | 318 | 270 | 225 | 173 | 133 | 105 | 80 | 160 | 181 | 101 | 73 | 57 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:34AM1.08m | 3:00PM1.20m | 2:28AM0.97m | 4:10PM1.25m | 3:37AM0.90m | 5:09PM1.32m | 4:53AM0.88m | 5:56PM1.40m | 5:56AM0.90m | 6:37PM1.48m | 6:45AM0.94m | 7:14PM1.55m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:01PM0.59m | 8:11AM0.36m | 9:24PM0.63m | 9:00AM0.37m | 10:45PM0.61m | 9:53AM0.37m | 11:48PM0.55m | 10:45AM0.35m | 00:36AM0.48m | 11:33AM0.32m | 1:16AM0.40m | 12:18PM0.29m | 1:51AM0.33m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
 | 5:09 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:13 | — |
mm | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 16 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 593 | 425 | 318 | 270 | 225 | 173 | 133 | 105 | 80 | 45 | 181 | 76 | 73 | 31 | 18 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 11 | ESE 9 | ESE 8 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | S 9 | SE 8 | E 12 | E 11 | E 9 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | E 13 | E 12 |
| kJ | 20 | 4 | 130 | 151 | 179 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 61 | 101 | 54 | 57 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 12 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 21 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 10 | ENE 8 | SE 6 | SE 14 | NE 7 | SE 6 | NE 7 | E 11 | E 13 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | 8 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | SE 7 | SSE 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 705 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 160 | 647 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 14 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 64 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 14 |
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