Noosa - Boiling Pot Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab your board, let's see what's on the menu.

The next couple of weeks are looking pretty quiet overall. We've got a bit of a slow start with a few marginal windows, but nothing to write home about until we dig in. The best surf on offer looks to be Friday morning, the 18th, so keep that in mind.

Right now, Wednesday afternoon has some swell at Noosa – Boiling Pot, with waves around 7ft coming out of the SE, but the wind is a cross-off at 22 mph and the period is a short 6 seconds, making for poor surf conditions. The combined wave energy is moderate at 399. Water temp is about average for this time of year at 69°. Not a session to rush out for.

Thursday morning, the 17th, shows a bit more promise. The swell picks up to 8ft from the SE with a longer period of 10 seconds and clean offshore winds from the south at 16 mph. The energy is building, hitting 915, which is solid. It's still just a marginal forecast due to tide, but that's the pick of the early options. Thursday afternoon sees the wind swing cross-off again and the period drops, so morning is the call.

Now, Friday morning, the 18th of September, is your standout. Expect very good surf conditions with clean 6ft swell from the SE, period up to 9 seconds, and light offshore winds from the SSE at 12 mph. Wave energy is strong at 766. This is the cleanest and most powerful window of the whole outlook, and the direction suits Boiling Pot perfectly. Friday afternoon drops off, so get it early.

From Saturday the 19th onward, it’s a long, flat stretch. Wave heights drop under 3ft, energy fades to weak levels under 116, and wind tends to be onshore or cross-onshore. The surf stays poor or non-existent through the rest of September and into the first days of October. There’s a minor bump on the 25th with some ENE swell mixing in, but the energy is still low and conditions remain ordinary.

There's a gap of over a week with no real surf, from Saturday the 19th right through to the end of the month. Late on the 30th of September and into the 1st of October, we see a little waist-high ENE swell pushing through, but at 4ft to 5ft with short periods around 8 seconds and cross winds, it's only going to provide surfable but very ordinary waves. Nothing to get excited about.

So, lock in Friday morning the 18th for the best chance of a decent session. The rest is either flat or too messy to bother with.

Rusty.

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