Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this outlook for Kawana Beach is a bit of a rough one to start, and it stays that way for a long stretch. We’ve got a solid 10 or 11 days of junk before we finally see a window of clean, solid surf. The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is within normal range for this time of year, nothing to write home about.

For the first week and a half, it’s pretty grim. The swell starts tiny on Tuesday the 14th with a 1ft SE swell that’s got a period of only 10 seconds, but it’s glassy in the morning. That’s all we get for a positive – the rest of that day is cross-on and poor. Wednesday the 15th through to the following Thursday the 23rd is a write-off. We see the swell build from Thursday the 16th, jumping from 7ft to 8ft, but it’s onshore, messy, and lumpy the whole way. The combined energy climbs from a moderate 622 to a strong 3716 by Sunday the 19th, but the wind is a solid cross-on, 22-25 mph, with rain showers. The wave period stays short at 8-9 seconds, so it’s just a wind-blown mess. The 13ft swell on that Sunday is way too big for beginners, and the cross-on wind makes it only for experts wanting a battle, but honestly, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing.

Finally, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. On Saturday the 25th, we wake up to glassy conditions with a 7ft ESE swell at a 12 second period (moderate groundswell), and the combined energy is a strong 1655. The wind is glassy from the SW at 3 mph, and the notes say it’s excellent for experienced surfers. This is the standout. The swell direction is ESE, which is a little off the optimum ESE, but with that glass, it’s going to be clean. The period is long enough to give real shape, but it’s a beach break, so those long period sets could break a bit straight – still, with the wind off, it’ll be fun. Crowds are listed as “sometimes,” so you might have some company but nothing crazy.

Sunday the 26th morning is also a good call: a 7ft ESE swell, 11 second period, and a light cross-offshore from the SW. The combined energy is 1168, strong, and the notes say excellent for experienced surfers. Monday the 27th morning is a step down in size to 5ft, but it’s still clean with a cross-off breeze, and Tuesday the 28th morning brings a 4ft swell with a clean offshore from the NW. That’s the tail end of the good stuff. The later days drop off again in size and quality.

So, the only real standout is Saturday the 25th morning – glassy, 7ft, clean. Get on it. Sunday morning is a close second if you miss it. The rest of the run is a blank.

Rusty.

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