Wollongong North Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’re stuck in a real flat spell, mate. There’s nothing on the table that’s worth getting excited about for a while. We’ve got a long stretch of small, messy, and wind-affected waves ahead. The first few days are dead, with hardly any swell to speak of. Things stay pretty quiet through the middle of the week, but there’s a bit of a pulse of energy starting to show late in the piece, though it’s not going to be clean or user-friendly.

Looking at the first week, we start off on Saturday the 8th with tiny waves around 1ft from the ENE, but it’s a glassy morning. It’s clean, but there’s just nothing to ride. The swell builds a little through Sunday, getting to 3ft by the afternoon, but it’s onshore and choppy, so it’s all over the place.

The surf peaks in size on Monday the 10th, with the swell hitting 6ft in the morning and 5ft in the afternoon. The combined energy gets up there too, reaching 588 in the morning, which is a moderate push. But the wind is howling from the northwest—around 22 mph in the afternoon—making it a complete cross-shore mess. It’s not a day for the paddleboard; honestly, the setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than surfing. The rest of the week just fades away, with waves dropping back under 2ft and light winds at times. It’s clean on the 11th and 13th, but the swell is gutless, barely pushing 2ft.

We’re looking at a real dry spell from the 14th through to the 17th. The swell drops to practically nothing, with 0.7ft to 1ft waves. It’s glassy on the 14th morning and again on the 16th afternoon, but you’d be floating on a lake, not surfing.

Things start to get a little more interesting from the 18th, but it’s not good news for the lineup. A new swell starts to build, pushing up to 5ft by the 19th, with combined energy reading 233 and 228. However, the wind is all over the place, and it’s coming from the east and southeast, which is not the right direction for this spot. It’s going to be lumpy, choppy, and pretty ordinary. The swell direction is actually from the east, which is almost straight onshore, so the quality is going to be poor.

There is one small glimmer at the very end of the window. On Friday the 21st, we see the swell settle a bit, and by Saturday the 22nd, we get a morning of clean, moderate offshore wind from the west-southwest. The swell is around 3ft, and the combined energy is 176, which is moderate. It’s not big, but it’s clean and might offer a couple of fun, crumbly waves. It’s the only day in the whole forecast that actually lines up. Still, it’s small, so don’t get too carried away.

The water temp is about average for this time of year at North Wollongong Beach (Wollongong-North-Beach). No major anomaly there.

So, yeah, don’t get too worked up about the next couple of weeks. We’re waiting on something proper to show up. Keep an eye on that Saturday the 22nd, but treat it as a promising but less certain call. For now, the board stays in the car.

Rusty.

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