Noorderstrand Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s talk about what’s coming down the pipe for the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a rough run. We’ve got a big gap of nothing worth riding starting now, all the way through to Monday, September 21st. That’s a full week of flat, junky surf or blown-out conditions. Most of the swell is short-period windswill, and the combined energy barely breaks into triple digits early on. Winds are mostly cross to cross-onshore, often fresh, keeping everything chopped up. For the first week, this looks more like a kite-surfing scene than a surfing one.

Come Monday, September 21st morning, we finally get something rideable. It’s small—only about 3ft of swell from the NNW, period around 7 seconds—but the wind goes glassy (SSE, 3 mph) and that cleans it right up. The combined energy is still weak at 73, so don’t expect much push, but for a beginner-friendly break like Noorderstrand, it’s clean and surfable. Water temp is about average for the time of year.

That window slams shut quick. By Monday afternoon the wind goes onshore and it’s back to poor. Tuesday the 22nd gets messy again, and then from Wednesday the 23rd through Thursday the 24th, we get a pulse of bigger swell—up to 7ft from the NNW on Thursday morning, period hitting 9 seconds, combined energy climbing to 749. That’s moderate energy. But the wind is howling from the north at 18-25 mph, cross-onshore, and the surf is lumpy and messy. At that size, with those winds, it’s strictly for experienced surfers only, and even then, the quality is poor. For beginners, that’s way too big and dangerous.

Friday, September 25th morning might be the best of a bad bunch. Swell drops to about 6ft from the NNW, period 8 seconds, combined energy 373. The wind is from the ENE at 12 mph, cross-offshore, so it cleans things up a bit. It’s still marginal, but it’s the cleanest window in the second week. After that, the swell fades fast into the weekend, dropping below 3ft and losing all energy. By Monday the 28th, we’re back to flatness.

So, overall, a long dry spell with only one or two brief, marginal windows. If you’re desperate, Monday morning the 21st is your best bet for a glassy, small-wave session, and Friday the 25th morning might offer cleaner 5-6ft conditions for the more experienced. But honestly, this stretch is mostly a write-off.

Rusty.

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