Noosa - Alexandria Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for Noosa - Alexandria Bay over the next couple of weeks. Straight up, I’ll be honest with you – it’s a bit of a mixed bag, and there’s a big stretch where you’re better off doing something else. The only real standout I can see is one decent morning with clean conditions, but even that’s modest.

We kick off Sunday the 12th of July with some small swell. Morning sees a 3ft ESE swell, period of 11 seconds, and a cross-off wind from the WNW at 12 mph. The water temp is 69°, which is about 1° cooler than normal – pretty average for this time of year. The wave energy is moderate (206), but the surf is only marginal, so it’s not much to get excited about. Afternoon drops off a bit with a 3ft SE swell and a 10-second period – still surfable but ordinary.

Monday the 13th is small again, with a 2ft ESE swell and a 9-second period – clean in the morning thanks to a light WSW breeze, but very weak energy (59). Afternoon swings onshore with a NE wind, and it’s poor.

Tuesday the 14th is tiny – about 1ft waves – and glassy in the morning, but it’s a flat day. Wednesday the 15th through to Sunday the 19th is a write-off. The swell builds from 1ft to a huge 12ft by Saturday the 18th, but the winds are brutal – strong cross-shore and cross-on, mostly from the SSE, with speeds up to 25 mph. The energy gets massive (up to 6233 on that Saturday), but it’s messy, lumpy, and dangerous. This is not paddle surfing. For a beach-and-reef setup like Alex Bay, that’s kite-surfing territory, not one for us.

Now, there’s a bit of a silver lining. Monday the 20th of July, in the morning, we get a 7ft swell from the ESE, 10-second period, with a cross-off wind from the south at 12 mph. The energy is strong (930), and the conditions are clean. This is your best bet for the whole outlook – the only time I’d really paddle out. It’s solid, it’s clean, and it’s the standout. After that, it drops off again. Tuesday the 21st sees 5ft ESE swell but with a cross wind, and it’s poor. From there, we fade into a week of sub-3ft waves with onshore or cross-shore winds, right through to Monday the 27th of July.

The last few days do see a little pulse – Sunday morning the 26th has a clean 1ft ESE swell with a 12-second period (very long for that tiny size), and Monday morning the 27th has a 4ft SSE swell with a short 6-second period, clean, but ordinary. Still, the real call is Monday the 20th morning – get out then if you can.

Rusty

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