Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here. Let me tell you, this 16-day stretch for Kawana Beach (Kawana-Beach) is a tough one to get excited about. The water temperature is close to average for this time of year, which is about all that’s normal around here. For the first week you’re looking at mostly poor surf conditions and cross-onshore winds that kill any chance of a decent wave. After that, there’s a brief window where things clean up a little, but it’s barely worth paddling out for. The whole run is a real test of patience.

We kick off Sunday the 13th with some clouds and a SE wind blowing at 12 mph, producing a weak 4 ft swell from the ESE at a short 6 seconds—combined energy is just 134 (weak). The surf is choppy and messy, nothing to write home about. Monday the 14th is similar but a touch smaller: 3 ft from the E with a light breeze, but still cross-onshore and poor. The combined energy drops to 65 (very weak). Tuesday the 15th is the first day that offers anything slightly redeeming. Early morning is glassy with a light ENE breeze at 3 mph and a small 3 ft E swell, period 6 seconds. The combined energy is only 56 (very weak), and it’s described as “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions.” It’s the best of a bad bunch, but that’s not saying much. If you’re a beginner and just want to get wet, this is your window.

Wednesday the 16th turns nasty again with a SSE wind ramping up to 16 mph in the morning, then a full-on 25 mph gale in the afternoon pushing a 7 ft SE swell—combined energy jumps to 381 (moderate), but it’s cross-onshore and messy. That afternoon is too big for beginners and only for experienced surfers. Thursday and Friday keep the cross-onshore funk going with SE swells around 6 ft to 7 ft and combined energy in the 400s (moderate). It’s lumpy and windy.

Saturday the 19th brings a bit of hope. The swell is 4 ft from the ESE with a long 12-second period in the morning, combined energy of 421 (moderate). Wind is light NE at 3 mph and cross-shore. That long period will make for better-shaped waves, but this is a beach break, so it might break too straight. Crowds are “sometimes” an issue, so you might get a bit of company. It’s only rated as marginal, but it’s the standout of the whole outlook for the first week. After that, from Sunday the 20th onwards, the swell drops away to tiny 1 ft to 3 ft junk with short periods, and the combined energy falls below 100 (very weak). There’s a long stretch from the 20th through to the 24th where conditions are poor and the surf is mostly flat.

Then we hit Thursday the 24th—a late pulse arrives: a 6 ft ESE swell with a 7-second period and combined energy of 399 (moderate), but it’s onshore with a moderate breeze and the conditions are “unknown” and poor. Friday the 25th serves up a 7 ft E swell at 8 seconds, combined energy 457 (moderate), again onshore. At that size, it’s for experts only. Those final days from the 25th to the 28th keep pumping out head-high E to ENE swells in the 6 ft to 7 ft range, but the wind is always onshore or cross-onshore with a moderate breeze, and the surf remains poor. The combined energy sits between 250 and 457 (moderate). There’s no real clean window in the second week, either.

To be straight with you: the only day that’s even close to worthwhile is Tuesday the 15th morning for a tiny glassy session, and maybe the Saturday the 19th morning if you’re feeling lucky with the long-period groundswell. The rest is wind-affected, choppy, or too big. If the wind swings offshore, that changes everything, but based on what’s in front of me, this is a quiet period best spent tuning up your gear.

Rusty.

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