Noordhoek Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right then, let's have a look at what’s cookin’ over the next couple weeks. The standout window here is a ways off, but there’s some fun to be had if you’re patient. For the most part, we’re lookin' at a lot of onshore chop and messy conditions at Noordhoek, but there are a couple of moments that’ll make it worth paddling out.

Things are pretty ordinary right from the start. Friday and Saturday, the 11th and 12th, are a write-off with a strong cross-onshore breeze and a fair bit of chop. The swell’s there, a solid 6.2 ft to 6.9 ft on Friday from the SW, but with that wind it’s just a bumpy mess. Light rain on Sunday the 13th and a near gale makes it even worse. We’re looking at a few days of nothing much.

But then Monday the 14th, we get a bit of relief. A clean morning with a gentle cross-offshore breeze from the NNE. Swell drops a bit to 3.9 ft from the SW, but it’ll be clean. Afternoon picks up with a light offshore from the NW, smoothing things out nicely for a small window.

Tuesday the 15th keeps the trend goin' early. A clean morning with a light WSW cross-offshore wind and a 5.2 ft SW swell (moderate combined energy of 572), but it gets chopped out by the afternoon when the SSE breeze picks up. Wednesday the 16th brings a big pulse of 11.5 ft swell from the SW, but strong cross-shore winds will make that one a messy, lumpy beast. That's expert territory, and not clean enough for most.

Now, the one that has me talkin’ is Thursday the 17th of September. The morning is absolute gold. We’re talking glassy conditions – no wind at all – and a clean 5.9 ft groundswell from the SW with a 13-second period (combined energy of 1295). That’s a good, solid swell for an intermediate. That's a session you set the alarm for.

Saturday the 19th also offers a glassy morning with a clean 5.6 ft SW swell, another great, clean option. Sunday the 20th is interesting – a very clean morning with a 9.8 ft SSW groundswell that has serious grunt (combined energy of 4579), but that’s a big, powerful swell. If you’re a solid expert and can handle it, that morning is clean. For everyone else, it might be a bit much.

Beyond that, the pattern turns messy again with strong onshore winds and lumpy conditions for the last week of the month. A few clean mornings pop up on the 24th and early on the 25th, but the winds shift onshore fast. The standout session is that Thursday the 17th morning. Set your alarm.

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