Noorderstrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for us at Noorderstrand.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you... this is a tough run. We’re looking at a proper dry spell for the first week and a half. From Sunday the 13th right through to the morning of Tuesday the 24th of September, it's basically a write-off. Lots of onshore and cross-onshore wind, messy conditions, and the wave energy is weak, barely cracking 100 (40 to 87) in the combined energy department. The swell is small too, mostly under 4 ft, with short periods that just don't have any grunt. It’s all just poor surf, day after day. You’d be better off cleaning the wax off your board.

Now, there is a blip on Saturday the 19th of September. We see a spike in swell height to 6 ft to 7 ft from the WSW, and the combined energy jumps up to 314 and 396. That’s a lot of juice, but it's coming with a strong breeze. By the afternoon the onshores are going to smash it into a messy cross-chop. For a beach setup like Noorderstrand, this looks way more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The Saturday morning session is clean with a cross-offshore wind, but that swell is pushing 6 ft, which is pushing it for beginners, and it's a short period of 6 seconds. Not great shape.

The one true standout, the one you’ve been waiting for, comes on Thursday the 24th of September. It’s not huge, but it’s the best we’ve got. The morning shows 4 ft of swell from the north, with a 7-second period, and a light cross-offshore breeze from the east-northeast. The combined energy hits 120 (moderate). The report even says *surfable waves but very ordinary conditions* - and for this stretch, that’s a win. It’ll be clean and ridable, with a light breeze. The water temp is average for this time of year. Thursday morning is your window for a slow, clean little session.

Friday and Saturday the 25th and 26th of September see a return of clean, offshore winds, but the swell drops right back down to 2 ft to 3 ft, and energy is weak. It’ll be pretty flat. The period is short, so the waves that do show up won’t have much push.

After that, Sunday the 27th and Monday the 28th are a messy end with onshores again and small, weak swell.

Bottom line: it’s grim out there for a while. Don’t hold your breath until the morning of Thursday the 24th for the cleanest, most surfable wave on offer. It won’t light the world on fire, but it’ll get you wet.

Rusty.

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