North Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what the next couple of weeks are serving up for North Beach.

The opening days are pretty gutless, to be honest. We’ve got a bit of swell around the 4ft to 4ft mark, but the wind is all over the shop – cross-on, cross-shore, and light rain at times. It’s not going to be worth the paddle, so you can give the first few days a miss. This stretch runs from Sunday the 30th right through to Thursday the 3rd of September. There’s a couple of small windows where the swell dips and the period gets long, but it’s still pretty average.

Then things start to get properly serious. Friday the 4th sees a jump in size, with the morning pushing 10ft. The wind is cross-off and clean, but the word on the street is that this might be a bit too much for the place, so you’d want to be on your game. That’s a lot of water moving around. The afternoon backs down to a more manageable 7ft, but it’s still got some power.

Now, Saturday the 5th is the big one, but not in a good way. We’re talking a huge 23ft in the morning with a fresh cross-shore and heavy rain. Then it backs off slightly to 21ft in the afternoon, with the wind swinging cross-off. The energy readings are off the charts, but honestly, this is for the likes of charging mutant waves, not your standard surfer. The guidance says it’s just too big for this break. Same story on Sunday the 6th – still a solid 12ft to 10ft, too big for here.

But after the storm comes the calm. Monday the 7th is where it gets interesting. The swell drops right down to 3ft, but that period jumps to 13 seconds – proper groundswell – and the wind is a slight offshore. The call is for very good surf conditions. This is looking like the standout day of the whole window. Clean lines, some push, and you won’t be fighting a monster. That’s your window.

After that, it gets a bit messy again into the second week. Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th have some size at 6ft to 8ft, but it’s cross-on and choppy, not clean. The swell direction is also not ideal. Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11th see a mixed bag, with periods ranging from 8 to 13 seconds, still with that onshore wind putting a bit of chop on it. There are a few chances in there but nothing that screams at you compared to that Monday.

The tail end of the run, from the 12th through the 14th, looks like it’s back to average. Wave heights bounce around 5ft to 8ft but with fresh, lumpy cross-on winds and the swell period dropping off. The 14th has a strong breeze and the last call on the afternoon is a solid 5ft at 16 seconds, but with that nasty cross-onshore wind, it’s going to be messy.

So, if I’m calling it, you wait for that Monday the 7th of September. It’s the one clean, glassy, and manageable day on offer. Everything before is either too small or too big, and everything after is too wind-affected. Keep your fingers crossed the forecast holds.

Rusty out.

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