Tuncurry-North Wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s comin’ for the next couple weeks.

To be straight with you, the outlook is pretty flat and ordinary. There’s a long stretch of not much happening, especially for the first week. The best you’re gonna get is a few mornings where the wind drops out and the tiny swell becomes just about surfable. It’s one of those periods where you’ve gotta be patient, or take the longboard out for a cruise.

The only real standout – and I’m using that term loosely – is Tuncurry-North Wall (beach/breakwater). It’s a fairly consistent spot, exposed to the ENE swell, but the swell direction is pretty much the opposite of what it likes best (NE). That’s a problem.

Let’s run through it. Monday the 24th and Tuesday the 25th are a write-off – onshore winds and poor, choppy conditions. Wednesday the 26th morning, we get a bit of a window: a light west wind, cross-offshore, with swell at 4 ft from the ENE, period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is moderate (187). The surf is small and ordinary, but it’s clean. That’s about as good as it gets for the first week. Thursday the 27th morning is similar, clean but tiny, with 3 ft and 74 energy.

Then we hit a long flat spell. From Friday the 28th right through to the end of the month, the swell drops below 3 ft, winds are mostly onshore or cross, and the energy is weak (all under 100). It’s a real struggle. There’s a morning on Monday the 31st of August where it’s glassy – zero wind – with 2 ft from the SE and 115 energy. Surfable, but tiny.

The 1st of September morning is the same story: glassy, 3 ft from the ENE, 131 energy. Clean but small. The 2nd of September morning is another glassy one, 3 ft, 147 energy. Still small. The afternoons are all onshore junk.

The 4th of September Friday morning is glassy again, 2 ft, 83 energy. Then the 5th of September Saturday morning is the closest thing to a highlight: a clean 12 mph SW offshore wind, and the swell is from the E at 2 ft, 9 seconds, with only 52 energy. It’s tiny, but it’s clean. After that, it’s back to junk.

Honestly, there’s nothing here that’s going to get the heart pumping. The biggest swell of the whole run is Tuesday the 25th afternoon with 8 ft from the NE, but it’s a 7-second period windswell with a fresh 19 mph onshore wind – that’s just a messy, blown-out mess. Not for paddling, maybe a kite surfer would have a go.

Water temp is about average for the time of year, no wild anomalies to report.

So, the takeaway? Keep your expectations low. There are some clean, glassy mornings for the longboard if you’re desperate, but don’t expect any power or size. The second week is even more of a gamble – a few small clean windows, but nothing reliable. Forecasts can change, but right now, this is a real quiet spell.

Rusty.

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