Noosa - Alexandria Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next couple of weeks at Noosa’s Alexandria Bay are looking pretty ordinary. We’ve got a long dry spell to start, and the surf just doesn’t want to play ball for a while.

The first real window of anything surfable doesn’t roll around until Tuesday morning, the 15th of September. The water temp is sitting at 70°, which is about 1° cooler than normal for this time of year – nothing wild, just a touch on the fresh side.

That Tuesday morning is the closest thing we’ve got to a standout, and even then, it’s nothing to write home about. Swell is a tiny 3 ft out of the east, with a short, weak period of 6 seconds and a combined energy of just 48. The real saviour here is the glassy, offshore wind from the ENE. That’ll clean the surface right up, making the most of what little energy there is. The break is consistent and exposed, but with these tiny waves, it’s really just a cruiser session for intermediates. Expect some company though – crowds are sometimes an issue at A-Bay.

After that Tuesday morning, it’s back to the doldrums. Wednesday the 16th gets a bit of a pulse in the afternoon – 7 ft from the southeast, but it’s a 6-second windswell, and a fresh cross-onshore at 35 km/h turns it into lumpy, choppy mess. Not worth paddling out for.

Thursday the 17th sees the biggest swell of the first week, with 8 ft from the southeast and a combined energy of 635 – that’s moderate energy. But again, fresh cross-shore winds of 30 km/h ruin any chance of quality. The period is a poor 7 to 8 seconds, so it’s just a wall of whitewater. This is expert-only territory size-wise, but the conditions are so poor you’d be mad to try.

We then hit a long, flat gap. From Friday the 18th all the way through to Monday the 21st, the swell drops right off, with heights below 3 ft and combined energy sinking into the single digits. Tuesday the 22nd offers a spike – 8 ft from the southeast, 8-second period, and 774 combined energy – but it’s under a light onshore breeze, and the forecast calls it marginal. That’s a big, messy lump for experts only, and even then, it’s not pretty.

The rest of the outlook into late September is a mix of small, choppy surf and poor winds. There’s a brief mention of a longer-period swell (11 seconds) on the 29th, but it’s tiny (3 ft) and blowing a fresh cross-onshore. Honestly, it’s a forgettable run.

If you’re desperate for a paddle, make the most of that glassy Tuesday morning on the 15th. Otherwise, keep an eye on the charts – it’s a quiet spell, but it won’t stay poor forever.

Rusty.

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