Off The Wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here, let's suss out the next couple of weeks of waves for the Northern Beaches.

We're looking at a solid run of surf, but it's gonna be a tale of two halves. The first few days offer some clean, user-friendly waves before the swell really cranks up and we get into some serious, heavy water that's only for the crew who've got their ticket punched. The standout period is from Thursday the 6th right through the weekend of the 9th and 10th, with some proper groundswell from the southwest. The water is sitting at 56°, which is a good 4° colder than usual for this time of year, so you're gonna want a thicker wetsuit. This is a notable drop.

Let's kick off with Off The Wall. This is a reef setup, so it handles the swell well. The run starts on Sunday the 2nd. The morning is a bit messy with a light cross-on N wind and 4ft of swell, but it cleans right up for the afternoon. We get glassy conditions, a 4ft SW swell (12-second period), and the combined energy is 565 – that's a solid moderate energy. Nice and clean. Then Monday the 3rd is a beauty. Both sessions are looking good. The morning is glassy with a 5ft SW swell (13 seconds) and the energy bumps up to 865. The afternoon is clean with a cross-off wind. That's a solid Monday.

Tuesday the 4th is still good, another glassy morning with a 5ft swell (11-second period) and moderate energy in the 467 range. It's a nice, mellow option.

Now, pay attention. Wednesday the 5th is a write-off for paddle surfing. The onshore wind cranks up to 15 mph from the N, whipping up a choppy, cross-onshore mess. The swell jumps to 7ft in the morning, but the energy is 1985 – strong, but it's just a windy slop. With a beach setup, this is looking more interesting for the kite foilers than us.

But from Thursday the 6th, it's game on for the experienced crew. This is the standout period. The swell is big, 10ft of WSW groundswell with a 13-second period, and the wind is light and offshore from the SSE. The energy is a massive 3347 (very strong). This is excellent, clean, powerful surf. Friday the 7th is even better. We get 10ft of SW groundswell with a 14-second period, light offshore winds, and energy hitting 3349. This is top-tier, heavy, clean reef waves. The swell drops a touch over the weekend, with Saturday the 8th seeing 10ft but getting a bit cross-on and then onshore, making it more marginal. Sunday the 9th is a write-off again with howling SW winds.

We then get a bit of a lull before the next pulse. The middle of the week, Tuesday the 11th and Wednesday the 12th, sees another massive, but tricky, swell. We're talking 13ft to 15ft of SW swell with very strong energy (4394 to 6663). The wind is blowing strong offshore from the SE at 25 mph. It's clean, but massively powerful and hard to paddle into. Only for the experts, and even then, it's a session for the brave.

The forecast settles down for the second week. Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th see the swell drop back to a manageable 5ft to 5ft, and we get some glassy and clean conditions. Friday the 14th morning is a standout with a glassy, calm conditions and a 5ft WSW groundswell with a very long 16-second period. The energy is a moderate 1479. That's a beautiful, clean, long-period groundswell – perfect for the reef. The weekend of the 15th and 16th holds some clean, solid 7ft SW swell with good offshore winds, wrapping up a solid, if intense, forecast period.

Rusty.

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