Tuncurry-North Wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you—this stretch of coast is looking pretty ordinary for the next couple of weeks. We’ve got a long, flat spell ahead, and it’s not until the back half of the month that we start to see a bit of life in the water. Don’t get too excited yet, but there’s a day or two with a glimmer of hope if you’re keen to get wet.

The first week is basically a write-off. From Friday the 7th through to the 10th, the swell is tiny—we’re talking 1ft to 6ft of short-period slop, with winds that are mostly cross or onshore, making a mess of an already small surf. The combined energy is weak, ranging from 9 to 437, but the poor conditions mean there’s just nothing to ride. Saturday the 9th afternoon sees a bit of size at 6ft, but it’s onshore and choppy—not worth your time.

We get a slight clean-up from Monday the 11th through to the 17th, but the swell drops right off. You’ll see waves around 1ft to 3ft, with periods of 8 to 10 seconds. The wind turns offshore on the 13th and 14th, which will clean things up, but there’s barely enough water moving to push a longboard over. The energy numbers are low—in the 20 to 193 range—so it’s a frustrating stretch of glassy but gutless conditions. The morning of the 17th is the best of this bunch, with a clean 1ft, but it’s still very ordinary.

Now, here’s the thing: there’s a 5-day gap with no real surf after the 17th. But the models are starting to hint at something around the 19th. Wednesday the 19th morning is the standout of the whole period. We’ve got a 4ft ENE swell with an 8-second period, and the wind is offshore from the southwest at 6 mph. That’s glassy, clean, and the energy is finally building—267 on the combined scale, which is moderate. Tuncurry-North Wall (Tuncurry) is a beach/breakwater setup, exposed to the NE, which is right on the money for this direction. The water temp is 65°, which is 1° cooler than average—pretty much normal for this time of year. The morning will be the pick, as the afternoon goes cross-shore and drops off a touch.

After that, it fades out again. The 20th and 21st have some small cross-shore stuff, and the 22nd is onshore and messy. So the long and short of it is: skip the first 10 days, wait for that Wednesday the 19th morning. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only real surfable window in a pretty bleak outlook.

Rusty.

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