Noosa - Boiling Pot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here, let's have a look at what's on the menu for Noosa's Boiling Pot over the next couple of weeks.

Right off the bat, the week's looking pretty flat and uninspiring. We've got a few days of small, weak lumps rolling in, but there's nothing really worth paddling out for until about Wednesday the 16th of September. The water’s sitting at 69°, which is a bit colder than what we’re used to for this time of year – grab a steamer if you're heading out.

Now, Wednesday afternoon the 16th is when things finally start to get interesting. A solid pulse of 8ft SE swell shows up, with moderate wave energy behind it (536). The wind is cross-off from the SSE, keeping the surface clean, but this is big enough to be in the "experts only" zone, especially for a tricky spot like the Boiling Pot. The period is short at 7 seconds though, so it’ll be a bit bumpy and disorganised, not the usual long, groomed lines you’d hope for here.

Thursday the 17th morning is actually the standout of this whole outlook. The swell drops a touch to 7ft from the SE, but the period bumps up to 8 seconds and the energy rises to 631. More importantly, we’ve got clean, moderate offshore winds from the SSE. That’s the sweet spot for the Boiling Pot – it’ll be hollow, clean, and pushing some serious power. This is the one to circle on your calendar. After that, the swell slowly winds down through Friday and into the weekend, with cleaner but smaller conditions.

There’s a long gap of poor surf from Saturday the 19th right through to Tuesday the 22nd, with nothing but tiny, onshore slop. But don't write the whole run off. From Wednesday the 23rd onwards, a new, longer-period ESE groundswell shows up. It’s not huge – around 5ft to 6ft – but the period stretches out to 8 and even 9 seconds, and the energy readings stay solid (220 to 506). The catch is the wind: it’s mostly cross or cross-onshore, keeping the surface a bit lumpy. The real highlight in this second week is Tuesday the 29th morning. We’ve got a 5ft swell from the ENE, a 9-second period, and that beautiful word: glassy. That's a calm, clean dawn patrol that could deliver some really nice, rippable waves. Autumn certainly knows how to tease us.

Look, with the Boiling Pot’s crowds being ‘often’ an issue, expect company on any of those cleaner days. And remember, short-period swells here can be a bit fickle, but when the wind is right, it still fires. For the next 16 days, the clear standouts are the 17th morning for size and power, and that glassy Tuesday the 29th for a cleaner, more manageable session.

Rusty.

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