Narrow Neck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright crew, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Narrow Neck has cookin’ over the next couple of weeks. Gotta be straight with you – it’s a lean stretch. We’re looking at a real flat spell with hardly anything worth paddling out for, so don’t get your hopes up too high.

The water temp is sittin’ at 68°, which is about normal for this time of year, nothin’ wild there.

We start off Monday the 24th with tiny 3ft swell out of the ENE, period a short 8 seconds, and the combined energy is weak as at (90). Onshore breeze too, so it’s poor. Tuesday the 25th morning might be the only real highlight of this whole outlook – the wind goes glassy, which is a major positive, and we’ve got 3ft of that same ENE swell (118 energy). Surfable, but very ordinary. Still, if you’re desperate for a session, that glassy mornin’ is your best shot. Tuesday afternoon the wind picks up and messes it up.

Wednesday the 26th morning sees a WNW offshore breeze at 12 mph, cleanin’ it up a bit, but the swell’s still only 3ft and the period’s short at 8 seconds (87 energy). Surfable, just. After that, it’s pretty much a write-off. Thursday, Friday, Saturday – all cross-on winds, short-period slop, and wave heights barely sneakin’ over 2ft. The combined energy jumps around a bit, hitting 155 on Thursday arvo and 161 on Sunday mornin’, but the wind direction spoils it every time.

The whole first week is a struggle. A couple of glassy windows on Tuesday 25th and Friday 28th morning, but the swell is just too weak and short-period to get excited about.

From the start of September, it gets even flatter. The first couple of days of the month see a bump in combined energy – 272 on Tuesday the 1st – but with a 6-second period and onshore wind, that’s just messy, short-period windswell. The swell direction doesn’t match the optimum NE direction the spot wants, so it’s never really gonna line up.

After that, it’s all downhill. From Thursday 4th September through to Monday the 8th, we’re lookin’ at tiny 1ft to 3ft waves, combined energy droppin’ below 100 most of the time, and mostly onshore or cross-off winds. There’s no standout session in there.

So what’s the call? The only standout is Tuesday 25th morning – glassy, clean, and a little bit of knee-high lump. That’s it. The rest of the 16 days is a blank run. For an exposed reef like this, that’s pretty normal when the swell windows are shut. Keep an eye on it, but for now, maybe take the board down and just stare at it.

Rusty.

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