Narrow Neck Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it's Rusty here. Let's have a proper look at what Narrow Neck has got cooking for the next couple of weeks. I'll be straight with you – it's a flat spell, not much to get excited about.

The water temperature is sitting around 68°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year, so no surprises there.

Looking at the whole run, the first proper chance of a surfable wave shows up on Friday morning, August 21st. We're talking knee-to-waist high stuff, around 3 ft from the east. The period is short, only 7 seconds, so it's a bit of a weak windswell, with weak energy in the water (129). But the saving grace is glassy conditions – a slight NNE breeze making it look clean. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. That afternoon, the wind picks up and it goes cross-shore, so forget it.

Saturday the 22nd stays small, 2-3 ft from the east-northeast, but we get some clean windows thanks to a light offshore and cross-offshore breeze. It's tiny, though, with weak energy (52-73). Sunday and Monday are a write-off with onshore winds.

The next chance is Tuesday morning, August 25th. The swell picks up a touch to 3 ft from the east-northeast, period stretches to 9 seconds, and the energy bumps up to moderate (105). The wind is a light cross-offshore from the north, so it should be clean. Still just surfable, but nothing special. The best looking morning of the whole run is probably Wednesday the 26th. We've got a moderate 16 mph offshore wind from the west-northwest, cleaning up 3 ft waves from the east-northeast. The swell energy is moderate (110). It'll be a bit lumpy with that wind but it's the best we're going to get. That afternoon goes cross-off and loses energy.

After that, it’s mostly poor again. We get a glassy morning on Friday August 28th with 3 ft waves from the east, but the energy is weak (91). Then Saturday August 29th morning looks okay with a 13 mph offshore from the northwest cleaning up 3 ft waves (energy 119). That's another decent window.

From there, it's a long stretch of poor to very ordinary conditions right through until the end of the period. The wind turns onshore from the south for the final few days of August and into September, making a mess of the tiny swell. There's a brief mention of a longer period 11-second swell on Thursday September 3rd, but it's only 1 ft from the east with onshore wind, so don't even bother.

The standout, if you can call it that, is the Wednesday morning, August 26th, with that strong offshore wind making the small waves as clean as possible. The runner-up is the Saturday morning, August 29th, for the same reason.

Honestly, grab a longboard if you're desperate, but this is a two-week stretch where you're better off doing something else.

Rusty.

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