Surf Forecasts:
Northcott surf forecast from 19 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Thursday 20 Aug, 4PM (local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period, WNW swell with 484 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Northcott this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Northcott in the next 16 days are 1.7m 9s and forecast to arrive on Thursday (Aug 20) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Monday (Aug 24) at 1PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Thu 20th Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) 9s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Northcott over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here with a look at Northcott.
It’s a pretty bleak picture for the next 16 days, to be honest. There’s not a single session that I’d paddle out for, given the info we have. We’ve got a long stretch of northwesterlies and westerlies just tearing it up, with most days showing onshore or cross-onshore wind and choppy, poor surf.
We kick off Wednesday the 19th with rain showers and a gusty 12 mph cross-on from the WNW, with weak 3 ft of swell at a short 6 seconds. The combined energy is a paltry 122 – that’s barely a bump. Wind ramps up to 19 mph on the 20th, and swell height picks up to 6 ft, but it’s all onshore junk with energy jumping to 479, but zero quality.
We get a bit of a clean-up on the morning of Friday the 21st – light offshore cross-off from the north at 12 mph, but the swell drops to a tiny 3 ft at 8 seconds. The energy is only 139 so the waves would be weak and wonky. Saturday the 22nd is the same story: clean but absolutely tiny at 2 ft. We then hit a total flat spell from Sunday the 23rd right through to Tuesday the 26th morning, with swell hovering around 0.7 ft to 2 ft. It’s dead.
Then Wednesday the 26th morning sees a jump in size to 6 ft from the west, but it’s onshores from the WSW at 12 mph and the energy is 377. Still, poor conditions. Thursday the 27th afternoon isn’t much better, 4 ft and onshore with 302 energy. Keep scrolling.
The only window that even gets a *marginal* score is Wednesday morning, 2nd of September. We’ve got 6 ft of west swell at 8 seconds, energy of 491, and light cross-shore winds from the SSW at 9 mph. It wouldn’t be great – it'd be a bumpy, messy, cross-shore day, but it's the only thing that even gets close to rideable in the whole outlook. Even then, it’s still scored as marginal.
Once we hit the end of the first week of September, the wind firms up again from the west and the swell drops away, crushing any hope.
Honestly, for Northcott, there is no standout session in this entire 16-day window. It’s a long, dry stretch of onshore wind and poor-to-nonexistent surf. Don’t bother waxing the board just yet.
Stay patient,
Rusty
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 7 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 9 | NNW 5 | W 9 | W 9 | NNW 4 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 60 | 106 | 403 | 311 | 484 | 198 | 88 | 66 | 22 | 45 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 192 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 10:44AM6.32m | 11:05PM6.07m | 11:27AM5.79m | 11:54PM5.50m | 12:24PM5.31m | 1:03AM5.07m | 1:47PM5.04m | 2:38AM4.97m | 3:22PM5.17m | 4:01AM5.24m | 4:29PM5.59m | 4:55AM5.70m | 5:16PM6.12m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 4:49PM1.71m | 5:11AM2.01m | 5:36PM2.24m | 6:04AM2.51m | 6:42PM2.68m | 7:23AM2.84m | 8:19PM2.85m | 9:02AM2.82m | 9:49PM2.63m | 10:17AM2.47m | 10:49PM2.20m | 11:07AM2.00m | 11:33PM1.70m | ||||||||
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 | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | — | 8:31 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | 8:28 | — | — | 8:24 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:19 | — |
mm | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 16 | W 16 | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | NNW 4 | NNW 6 | W 9 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 | W 9 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | N 3 | W 8 | W 8 | W 10 | W 9 |
| kJ | 57 | 5 | 5 | 164 | 484 | 198 | 88 | 66 | 7 | 36 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 192 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 16 | — | — | W 14 | SW 14 | W 14 | W 16 | W 13 | W 8 | W 10 | SW 15 | W 9 | W 9 | SW 14 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 13 | NNW 3 | W 13 | — |
| kJ | 5 | — | — | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 13 | W 16 | NW 4 | SW 15 | — | SW 15 | SW 14 | — | SW 14 | W 14 | W 14 | W 11 | WNW 10 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | — | 8 | 8 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 7 | — | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | — | — | NNW 5 | — | — | NNW 3 | — | — | — | NNW 3 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 60 | 106 | 403 | 311 | — | 26 | 43 | 21 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 409 | 503 | 247 | 93 | 583 | 36 | 67 | 67 | 100 | 5 | 228 | 5 | 101 | 101 | 5 | 320 | 293 | 256 | 47 | 102 | 39 |
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