Wollongong North Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here.

To be honest, the next couple of weeks are going to test your patience. We’ve got a long stretch of flat, weak, and messy conditions ahead, with the first real opportunity not showing up until the 20th. That’s a solid ten-day gap of nothing worth paddling out for.

Looking at the start, the 8th has a tiny 2ft east swell with a moderate ENE breeze, and it just doesn’t have any push. The 9th builds slightly to 2ft but it’s cross-onshore and choppy. The 10th sees the most energy of this early period – around 6ft on Monday morning with ENE swell – but it’s coming in with a strong cross-shore wind and the surf quality is poor. The combined energy gets up to 606 there, which is moderate, but it’s all wind and chop, no shape. That afternoon drops to 6ft with a fresh breeze, still ugly. Not the sort of day you’d tell anyone about.

From the 11th through the 19th, the swell drops right off, mostly 1ft to 2ft, with periods around 9-10 seconds. There’s some clean windows in there – the 13th afternoon is glassy, the 14th morning is glassy – but with wave heights that small, it’s just not surfable. You’d be better off finding a rock pool. The water temp at Wollongong North Beach is around 64°, which is pretty much normal for this time of year, nothing weird there.

The first real standout comes on the 20th, Thursday morning. We finally get a pulse of ENE swell at 3ft, with a period of 8 seconds, and it’s glassy. Combined energy is 102, which is weak, but it’s clean and there’s something to ride. Then the 21st Friday morning is similar – 3ft, ENE, glassy, with the energy up to 163. These are the kind of small, clean mornings that might give you a fun little wave if you’ve got a high-volume board.

The 22nd Saturday morning sees the same 3ft, glassy conditions, but the afternoon jumps to 4ft with a light cross-shore. Not bad. The real pick of the whole window, though, looks like the 23rd Sunday morning. The swell bumps to 4ft, period stretches to 11 seconds, and the wind is dead calm and glassy. Combined energy is 350, which is moderate, and for once everything aligns – it’s clean, it’s got a bit of punch, and the direction is straight from the ENE, which is the optimum for this break. That’s your one true standout, but being over a week out, treat it as promising rather than locked in. The afternoon drops off with an onshore breeze and it gets messier.

The bottom line? There’s nothing worth chasing until the 20th, and the 23rd Sunday morning is the one to circle. If you can wait, that’s your window. Otherwise, it might be time to clean the cobwebs off the board and just watch the horizon.

Rusty.

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