Tuncurry-North Wall Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you – the next couple of weeks are a real mixed bag around here. We’ve got a long stretch of small, ordinary waves with a few windows of clean conditions, but nothing that’ll have you ringing in sick. The standout comes right at the end of the outlook, so patience is the name of the game.

We’re looking at Tuncurry-North Wall (Tuncurry) first. It’s a beach and breakwater setup, exposed to swell, and the optimum swell direction is from the NE. Crowds are often around, so don’t expect a solo session.

The whole outlook kicks off Tuesday 25 August with nothing worth paddling out for – poor surf, cross-onshore winds, and messy 5 ft NE swell. That carries through the rest of the week. Wednesday 26 August morning sees a tiny 4 ft NE swell with a light WSW cross-off breeze, making it clean but very ordinary. Wednesday afternoon the wind swings offshore from the SSW, but the swell drops to 3 ft. Thursday 27 August stays small and clean but weak. Friday 28 August morning is the best of the early window – glassy conditions, 2 ft ENE swell, period of 8 seconds. It’s clean but tiny. The afternoon turns cross-onshore and drops off.

The weekend is a write-off. Saturday 29 August and Sunday 30 August mornings are glassy but the swell is under 3 ft and weak. The combined energy on Sunday morning is only 185 (moderate wave energy) but still too small to get excited about. Monday 31 August is a mess with onshore wind and a short period 4 ft NE swell. Tuesday 1 September is poor. Wednesday 2 September morning is glassy again, with a 2 ft E swell, period 10 seconds – surfable but barely. The combined energy is only 71 (weak wave energy).

From Thursday 3 September through to Tuesday 8 September, it’s mostly tiny and poor. There’s a lot of clean conditions, but the swell just isn’t there. The gap from Wednesday 26 August to Friday 4 September has no proper recommendations, just very ordinary, surfable but weak waves.

Then, finally, something to talk about. Friday 4 September afternoon – the wait is over. The swell jumps to 7 ft from the NE, period 6 seconds (short period, so not the cleanest shape but plenty of push), with a cross-off breeze from the SSW. The combined energy is 368 (moderate to strong wave energy). This is the one standout of the whole outlook – expect good surf conditions, but that 7 ft is pushing into intermediate/expert territory. It’s a solid, clean afternoon session.

Saturday 5 September drops off again with onshore winds, and from there it’s back to small, ordinary conditions right through to Wednesday 9 September morning, which brings a 4 ft NNE swell but cross-onshore wind and poor conditions.

So, if you’ve got a window, pencil in Friday 4 September afternoon. The rest is mostly small and clean but not worth rushing for. Patience, my friends.

Rusty.

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