Noosa - Boiling Pot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are pretty quiet for the Boiling Pot. We’re looking at a run of small, short-period east swells that will keep the wave faces soft and gutless. There's no real punch in the water for a while, and the week ahead is mostly about picking the clean windows between the onshores. The water temp is sitting right around average for August at 69°F, with the anomaly barely a tick below normal, so nothing weird there.

Looking at the start of the window, Wednesday the 5th is a write-off – cross-on breeze and only 3ft of 8-second east swell, and the combined energy is weak at 152. Thursday the 6th cleans up a touch early with a light cross-off breeze, but there’s only 2ft on the cards with energy dropping to 95. You’d be scratching for anything rideable. Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th have slightly better shape, with a clean offshore puff in the mornings and 3ft of east swell, energy building from 102 to 124. Still small, but the Pot might have a few lined-up runners for the grovellers.

Then it gets interesting. Sunday the 9th morning is the first real standout. The wind goes glassy, and we get 4ft of east groundswell with a 9-second period and energy jumping to 253. That’s a proper window – clean, smooth, and the Pot will be doing its thing. Get in early, because the afternoon goes cross-on and it turns to mush. Monday and Tuesday are back to small and average at best, with 3ft and lighter winds, but nothing that will get your heart racing. Wednesday the 12th is glassy early but only 2ft, so keep your expectations low.

The second week starts to show a little more life, but it’s not for the faint-hearted. Around the 15th and 16th, the swell bumps back up – 5ft to 5ft on the 15th, and 5ft on the 16th – but the period drops to 6 or 7 seconds, which means it’s going to be crumbly and a bit all over the place. That’s more than 5ft, so it’s getting too big for beginners, and with that short period it will feel lumpy. The standout there is Sunday the 16th morning when the wind goes offshore with that 5ft of southeast windswell, energy at 204. It won’t be classic Boiling Pot, but it’ll be the best of that stretch if you’re comfortable in a bit of chop. Note that’s August 16th, still over a week away, so treat it as promising but not locked in.

The real gem in the long range is Thursday the 20th morning. The swell settles back to 3ft, but the period jumps to 12 seconds – proper groundswell. Combined with a light offshore breeze and energy at 242, that’s the Pot at its clean and lined-up best. That’s one to circle on the calendar. The afternoon on the 20th goes cross-shore and chops it up, so it’s a morning-only deal.

One more thing: this break is inconsistent, so you really need to pick your moments. It’s not a bank that runs all day, every day.

Anyway, keep an eye on that Sunday the 9th and Thursday the 20th. Small days in between, but those two windows are your best shots. Stay patient.

Rusty.

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