Norries Head Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, folks, Rusty here. Let's get into what we've got on the table. It’s a bit of a mixed bag, but there's a couple of moments worth paddling for. The setup is a pretty drawn-out week and a half with only a few flickers of quality. I'll walk you through it.

The main gig on offer is Norries Head, a point break that's got some real character. It's a bit inconsistent and can be a crowd magnet when it's on, so keep that in mind. The water temp is nothing out of the ordinary for this time of year, so don't expect any weirdness there.

The first sniff of something half-decent hits Wednesday morning, the 26th of August. We’re looking at a small 4ft swell from the NE, but the period is short at 7 seconds, so it's pretty weak energy (136). Still, it's clean with a light offshore wind. It's surfable, but it’s ordinary. That's your best bet for the first week.

Towards the end of the first week and into the start of September, it gets super quiet. We get a few mornings with clean conditions – a 3ft swell on Monday the 1st of September (158 energy) and another on Wednesday the 3rd (176 energy) – but the swell is small and the period is short. It’s the kind of stuff you go out for a paddle rather than a proper session.

Then, we get a real highlight. Look at Monday the 31st of August. In the afternoon, a long-period SE groundswell rolls in at 2ft but with a massive 16-second period. The energy jumps to 255. That is a proper pulse of energy for a point break like this. The wind is onshore, which is a bummer, but that kind of period suggests there could be some nice lines wrapping around the point. For a wave this size, that period is what makes it interesting.

After that, there's another gap through early September with mostly small, weak surf until we get a couple of sweet little windows. On Friday the 4th of September, the morning is dead glassy with 2ft from the NE. The energy is low (85), but glassy conditions make the smallest wave rideable. Then the real standout in the second week is Tuesday the 8th of September. The morning has a 3ft swell from the SE with a cross-off wind keeping it clean. And the afternoon? Glassy, with the same 3ft swell from the ESE. For a little wave, that is perfect. Clean, small, and surfable.

Overall, the pick of the two weeks is the long-period groundswell on the 31st of August afternoon. The period is the story there, and if the wind cooperates it could be more than the numbers suggest. Otherwise, the glassy mornings on the 8th of September are your cleanest small-wave options. This is a place that rewards patience. When it's on, it's on, but there's a lot of waiting in between.

Rusty.

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