North wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’ve chewed through the numbers for Northwall. Honestly, the next two weeks look patchy as hell. We’ve got mostly tiny waves and when a little pulse shows up, the wind’s often in the wrong spot. You’ll want a mid-length or a foamie to have any fun.

It starts Sunday the 23rd. Not much going on. A small 3ft swell from the east-northeast, but Sunday morning has a light cross-off breeze so it’s clean. The wave energy is only 106, so it’s weak. It’s surfable but nothing special. Sunday afternoon gets worse with a cross-on wind chopping it up.

Monday the 24th is actually a small highlight. The morning is clean with a light cross-off breeze, and there’s a little 2ft SSE groundswell with a 12-second period. That’s going to give some longer lines, and the energy jumps to 233. It’s small, but for a beach break like Northwall, that period will help the shape. The water is about 68°, which is average for the time of year, so no shock to the system.

Tuesday the 25th and Wednesday the 26th are duds – small, weak swell with bad wind.

Thursday the 27th morning has the biggest swell of the week at about 5ft from the south, but it’s short-period at 6 seconds, so it’s gonna be jumbled. It’s clean with a cross-off wind, but the quality won't be there. The energy reads 301, so there’s some push, just not good shape.

The real standout is Friday the 28th morning. It’s tiny at 3ft from the south-southeast, but the wind goes glassy. Absolutely dead calm. That’s the ticket. The energy is 243, moderate. For Northwall, when it’s that clean and small, you can sit deep and pick the good ones. That’s your best bet in this whole forecast.

Saturday the 29th morning is also glassy with a longer period swell (11 seconds from the south), but the size is only 3ft, so it’s a close second.

From Sunday the 30th right through to Monday the 7th of September, it’s pretty much a desert. The swell stays tiny, between 2ft and 3ft, and the wind is mostly a strong cross-on or onshore breeze, making it choppy and lumpy. That’s a 10-day stretch of poor to terrible conditions.

The 31st of August afternoon has a pulse of 2ft swell from the south-southeast with a massive 17-second period and energy of 304, but the wind is a moderate 25 km/h cross-off. That period is so long that at a beach break it will roll through straight and be super hard to catch, plus the wind will mess it up.

There’s a very faint glimmer on Tuesday the 1st of September morning with a clean 3ft ENE swell, but the period is a short 7 seconds. It’s the best of a bad lot in that second week, but don't get your hopes up.

Look, if you’re heading to Northwall, set your alarm for the morning of Friday the 28th. Maybe Saturday the 29th. The rest of it? Save your gas and go for a skate.

Rusty.

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