North Street Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer at North Street. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty quiet stretch ahead. The overall pattern is small, really small, and the conditions are a mixed bag of clean spells and onshore chop. The first sniff of anything surfable doesn’t show up until Monday the 7th of September, and even then it’s marginal. The week before that is a total write-off with tiny swells and nothing to get excited about.

North Street is a beach and jetty set-up, and it’s fairly exposed to the swell, but for the first few days – Thursday 3rd through Saturday 5th – we’re looking at tiny, nothing waves. Swell heights are around 1ft to 1ft, periods are short (6 to 9 seconds), and the combined swell energy is weak (under 45). There’s a bit of offshore wind on Friday and Saturday mornings, which keeps the surface clean, but there’s just no power in the water. Forget it.

Sunday the 6th picks up a little to 4ft from the ENE in the morning, but the period is a measly 5 seconds, the wind is a cross-shore, and it’s lumpy. The combined energy creeps up to 66, but it’s still poor quality. By the afternoon it’s 3ft with a cross-onshore, and it’s choppy. Not worth paddling out.

Now, Monday the 7th of September gives us a glimmer. The morning shows a 2ft swell from the east with a long period of 11 seconds, and the wind is light and cross-offshore from the NNW. The combined energy is 83, and it’s clean. The period is long enough to bring some shape, but the size is tiny. It’s surfable but very ordinary. The afternoon gets messy with a cross-onshore. That’s the best we see for a while.

After Monday, it drops back to tiny again – 1.0ft to 2ft through to the 13th, with a mix of offshore and cross-shore winds. The energy is low (under 40). The water temperature is a balmy 78°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – the anomaly is 6°F, so that’s very unusual. Feels like summer.

There’s a bit of a pulse on Thursday the 10th of September, with a morning swell of 5ft from the SSW, period 7 seconds, and a cross-offshore wind. The combined energy jumps to 257 – that’s moderate energy, but the period is short, so it’s going to be a bit mushy and bumpy. The comment says poor surf conditions, and I’d agree. It’s clean, but the quality isn’t there.

The only other time we see a score of 1 out of 10 is on Thursday the 17th of September in the afternoon. We get a 1.0ft swell from the SE with a long period of 13 seconds, and a clean offshore wind. The combined energy is 66. The period is long, but the size is tiny. It’s surfable, but you’d be fighting for scraps.

Overall, there is no standout session here. The whole 16-day window is a struggle. If you’re desperate, Monday the 7th of September morning is the most promising, with the longest period and clean wind. After that, the 17th afternoon has a long period but is still tiny. Don’t expect much. The lack of consistent, quality swell is normal for this setup when it’s this quiet. It can’t stay bad forever, but for now, keep your board in the car and your eyes on the horizon.

Rusty.

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