Noorderstrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get real about Noorderstrand. I’m not gonna sugarcoat it.

Straight up, we’ve got a long dry spell ahead. For the next couple of weeks, the surf is pretty much a no-show. The swell window just isn't lining up, and the wind is mostly doing us no favours. It’s looking flat or tiny and messy for days on end.

On Friday the 3rd of July, we get a pulse of 4ft swell from the NW with a short period of 6 seconds, but the wind is howling onshore at 12 mph from the WNW. It’s just poor surf. The combined energy reads a weak-to-moderate 108, but with the wind, it’s a total write-off. That same day, you get a slightly better period of 7 seconds, but it’s still onshore and ugly.

Saturday the 4th, the swell drops right off. We’re looking at 2ft to 2ft with cross-onshore winds. Choppy, weak, and not worth paddling out. The energy is down around 53 to 58. That’s basically nothing.

From there, it’s groundhog day. Through Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – we’re talking swell heights from 1.0ft to maybe 4ft, but the periods are short (5-7 seconds) and the wind is always either onshore or cross-onshore. The combined energy never gets above 68, and most days it’s well under 40. The water is about average for the time of year, so nothing to write home about there.

Then we hit a real flat patch. From around the 8th of July through to the 16th, it’s mostly 0.7ft to 1ft dribble, if that. There’s a couple of mornings on the 12th and 13th where the wind goes cross-offshore from the east, and the sea looks clean, but with combined energy down at 1 to 2, you’re not catching anything. It’s glassy and pretty, but flat as a pancake.

The only tiny glimmer comes on Friday the 17th of July. For the morning, we get a 4ft swell from the WSW, period of 5 seconds, and the wind is light and cross-offshore from the ESE. The combined energy climbs back to a moderate 103, and conditions are clean. The waves are surfable but very ordinary. It’s not a standout by any stretch, just the least terrible we’ve seen in a fortnight.

Bottom line: If you’ve got an itch to surf, you’re better off picking up a new hobby for two weeks. This stretch is a long, quiet, ugly run. The inconsistency here is normal; it just is what it is. Keep an eye on the charts, because it can’t stay this flat forever.

Rusty.

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