Ning Nong Point and Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, let's take a look at what’s cooking for Ning Nong Point and Reef over the next couple of weeks.

First thing to say, this place is for the experienced crew—it’s an advanced reef and point set-up. The water's sitting at 55°F and that’s pretty much normal for this time of year, so no surprises there.

The start of the week is a rough one. Wednesday afternoon is a write-off: 12ft of southerly swell, but with a 12 mph cross-on wind, it’s just messy and blown out—wave energy is through the roof at 3774 but it’s all for nothing. Thursday isn’t much better, though Friday morning is the first real glimmer. You’ll see a solid 6ft of south swell, with a long 14-second period pushing in, and a clean cross-off breeze from the north. That’s going to be the standout for the first week. The 1862 energy reading says there’s plenty of push, and for a point and reef, that long period will line up beautifully.

Friday afternoon turns ugly with a 19 mph northwesterly cross-shore blowing in and the score drops right off. Saturday and Sunday are mostly forgettable with smaller swell and lumpy conditions. By Monday it’s fading fast—tiny 3ft and 2ft stuff with cross-on winds through the day, though Tuesday brings a brief reprieve. Tuesday morning and afternoon see a clean 4ft and 4ft southerly groundswell with light offshore breezes from the east-northeast and northeast. It’s not big, but it’ll be glassy and fun for the experienced surfer.

Then we hit a proper dry spell. From Wednesday the 12th right through to the start of the following week, the swell drops away into the dusties—2ft, 0.7ft, 1.0ft—mostly with cross-off winds but no energy to speak of. There’s a brief moment on Friday the 14th morning where it goes glassy with a 3ft easterly swell, but that’s barely surfable.

The real action kicks back in on Monday the 19th of August. That Wednesday morning session is the one to circle. Clean 8ft southerly swell, 11-second period, light northwesterly cross-off, and 1336 energy—that’s a proper groundswell hitting the point. It’s excellent, but only for experts—over 8ft on that reef will be a handful. The afternoon goes cross-on and drops off. Thursday the 20th has a smaller but clean option with 5ft from the south-southeast and a north-northeast cross-off, worth a look if you want something a bit more mellow.

Right through the middle of the window there’s a long gap with hardly a wave worth paddling for—about six days of small or blown-out slop. But the standout without doubt is Friday morning the 7th, with that clean 6ft south groundswell and a northerly cross-off. The second standout is the morning of Wednesday the 19th, with the bigger 8ft set, clean and lined up, but that one’s for the experts only.

Rusty

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