B737 flight crew reported navigating to wrong; similar sounding waypoint.

Attributes
ACN	1701562
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZOA.ARTCC
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	STAR SERFR3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 315
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Checked on with oakland center and were cleared direct to nrrli and to descend via the serfr 3. I mistakenly went direct to narwl; a similar sounding fix. I put it in the FMC and executed. The captain was on the PA at the time. When he came back I told him of our clearance and shortly after was asked by ATC if we were going to nrrli intersection. I said that we were and the controller then corrected the mistake. Continued the flight with no further error. Cleared to a way point/ went to wrong fix.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Crew reported navigating to wrong; similar sounding waypoint.

Narrative: Checked on with Oakland Center and were cleared direct to NRRLI and to descend via the SERFR 3. I mistakenly went direct to NARWL; a similar sounding fix. I put it in the FMC and executed. The Captain was on the PA at the time. When he came back I told him of our clearance and shortly after was asked by ATC if we were going to NRRLI intersection. I said that we were and the Controller then corrected the mistake. Continued the flight with no further error. Cleared to a way point/ went to wrong fix.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.