Nobbys Reef Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, if you were hoping for a ripper run at Nobbys Reef, you're gonna need a bit of patience. The next couple of weeks are a bit of a mixed bag, with a few windows of clean waves but plenty of chop and onshore slop to dodge.

The water temp is sitting around 66°, which is pretty much bang on average for this time of year.

The action starts picking up on Wednesday the 9th. Wednesday morning is your first real chance, with a clean 3ft S swell and a light offshore WNW wind. It’s not big, but the conditions will be tidy.

Thursday the 10th sees a big jump in energy, with a solid 8ft SE swell hitting in the morning, backed by a combined energy reading of (1253). That's a powerful lump of water, but it's coming with a cross-onshore breeze, making things messy and choppy. This one's for experienced crew only. By the afternoon the wind is still messy on a 7ft SSE swell.

Friday the 11th is a write-off with cross-shore and cross-onshore winds messing up the 7ft and 6ft swell.

Now, the standout for the whole period is hands down Saturday morning, the 12th. It might not be the biggest swell at 4ft SSE, but the conditions are absolute perfection – glassy, clean surf with barely a breath of wind. Combined energy sits at a moderate (382), and a period of 9 seconds means it'll have a bit of shape on the reef. This is the session to circle on the calendar.

Sunday the 13th drops in size to 3ft. The morning has a light offshore N wind, keeping it clean, but it's small.

We go through a flat and ordinary spell from Monday the 14th through to Wednesday the 16th, with small, messy swell and onshore winds. Thursday morning the 17th offers another glassy, clean spell, but it's only 4ft S swell.

The second week sees a bit of a resurgence. Friday the 18th looks promising, with clean conditions all day thanks to offshore WNW winds, picking up a 3ft S swell (period 12 seconds). It's a groundswell, so it'll wrap nicely into the reef.

The real treat for the second week, and the second standout, comes on Saturday the 19th. We're looking at a very long period groundswell of 17 seconds, coming from the SSE at 2-2ft. That's a deep ocean pulse, and with a gentle offshore NW breeze it'll be clean as a whistle. The energy is moderate at (297) but that long period means it'll have some real push. This is a promise rather than a certainty this far out, but it's one to watch.

The runs continue with clean offshore days on Sunday the 20th with 3ft S swell (period 12s), before the window looks to close down from Monday the 21st onward with a return of smaller swell and onshore winds.

So there you have it. It'll be a waiting game, but the 12th of September is the pick of the crop, with the morning of the 19th as a promising long-range option.

Rusty.

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