North Point Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for North Point over the next couple of weeks.

It's a bit of a mixed bag, to be honest. We've got some serious size coming through, but the wind is going to be the main character in this story for a lot of the time. The real standout window is shaping up to be Monday morning, the 14th, for the experienced crew, and there's another promising, but more distant, look on Thursday the 24th.

Right now, we kick off with a bit of a wait. The first surf on offer is Thursday morning, the 10th. We're looking at a solid 6 ft swell from the WSW with a 14-second period. The energy is already cranking (1609). The issue is a stiff 16 mph cross-offshore wind from the NE that will keep things clean but might make it a bit tricky to stay in the pocket. It's not a total write-off, but not the best of the window. This swell hangs around into Friday the 11th, with a morning of 7 ft (2960 energy) and a strong 19 mph NNE cross-off. The afternoon is where things get interesting – 8 ft with a long 18-second period from the WSW, packing a punch (4282 energy) and a cleaner 16 mph N cross-off.

Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th are a hard pass. We get onshore and cross-onshore winds that will just mush everything up. The swell is big – 10 ft and 12 ft – but with the wind howling from the W, it's blown-out rubbish.

Now, Monday morning, the 14th. This is the standout for the bold. The swell is a solid 12 ft from the WSW with a 14-second period, and the energy is massive (5381). The key is the wind: a near-calm 3 mph offshore from the NE. That is magic. For experienced surfers only at this size, it’ll be a day of grinding barrels and big walls if you’ve got the nerve. The water temp is about average for the time of year. The afternoon softens as a light cross-onshore comes in.

The rest of that week and into the next is a frustrating pattern. We get fluctuating wave heights (7 ft to 10 ft) but the wind is mostly cross or cross-onshore, keeping the surface bumpy and the quality marginal. The periods are decent, often around 14-16 seconds, but the wind just won't play ball.

We hit a rough patch from Friday the 18th through Tuesday the 22nd. The wind goes strong and onshore, and the surf quality plummets. There's plenty of energy (up to 6945 on Monday the 21st with a 13 ft SW swell), but it's going to be a raging, brown, messy ocean. Honestly, this stretch looks more like a kite-surfing session than a paddle session.

Finally, we get another glimmer. Thursday morning, the 24th. The swell drops back to a more manageable 6 ft from the SW (13 seconds, 1717 energy) and the wind goes light and cross-offshore from the N. That's a clean, fun-sized morning on the cards. It's a long way out, so don't book the trip just yet, but it's worth keeping an eye on.

So, to sum it up: the pick of the bunch is hands down Monday morning the 14th for the big-wave chargers, and Thursday the 24th looks like a promising prospect for the rest of us.

Rusty.

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