Noosa - Boiling Pot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at this 16-day stretch for Noosa’s Boiling Pot. I’ll be straight with you – there’s a long dry spell to get through before anything vaguely interesting happens.

Right now, and for the next several days, it’s pretty much a write-off. We’re looking at tiny, weak swells with poor, often choppy conditions. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the wave energy is barely registering – we’re talking values like 94, 62, 32, just weak. The water is sitting at 68°F, which is a bit colder than what we usually get this time of year. Honestly, from the 4th of September right through to the 8th, don’t bother paddling out. It’s flat, messy, and not worth the effort.

We finally get a little flicker of life on the morning of Wednesday the 9th of September. A clean 4ft swell coming in from the SE with a period of 10 seconds. The energy jumps to 356 – that’s moderate – and with a light SE breeze keeping it clean, it might just be surfable. The swell direction is ENE for the optimum, and the SE is close enough to get some lines wrapping in. It’s not a stand-out session, but it’s the first real look we’ve had.

Things get a bit more interesting but also more mixed. Thursday the 10th has a short, small SE swell with a strong offshore wind, but it’s only 2ft. Friday the 11th sees the swell size jump up to 8ft on the morning, with a solid energy reading of 659. That’s a lot of juice, and those sets will be packing a punch. But here’s the catch – the period is only 8 seconds, so it’s a wind swell, not a proper groundswell. It’s clean with a cross-offshore wind, but for the Boiling Pot, a steep, short-period 8ft wave can be a bit of a washing machine, closing out and tricky. This is really for the experienced crew only. The afternoon drops to 7ft, still sizey.

Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th slowly drop off in size, but the quality stays pretty average. The energy drops back through the 100s and 200s. The wind stays clean, but the swell is just not well structured.

Then we hit another quiet gap from the 14th until the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th of September. That afternoon, a 6ft NNE swell rolls in with 6-second period and a surprising energy of 241. The wind is light off-shore from the ESE, which will keep the face of the waves clean. It’s not big, but the quality should be miles better than what we’ve seen. This is probably the best session on the whole forecast, but still nothing to write home about – a bit of a tease.

After that, the 17th drops right back to tiny mush, and the last few days of the outlook show a long-period SE swell (12-16 seconds) but it’s only 1ft to 4ft. Those long-period lines at the Boiling Pot can sometimes just run straight through the bay with no real shape, and with the fresh SE winds, it’s likely just clean but weak.

The Highlight: If you really want to paddle out, mark the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th of September. It’s the closest thing to a decent, clean wave in this whole outlook. The morning of the 11th is there for the experts who want to wrestle some size, but it’s not a pretty wave.

I’d say we’re looking at a lot of waiting, a lot of walking. Keep an eye on the sky though – it can’t stay this quiet forever.

Rusty.

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