Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s break down what’s coming for Kawana Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a bleak run. The forecast is showing onshore winds and short-period, messy windswell for most of it, so we’re looking at a long stretch of pretty ordinary to poor conditions. The first real chance at something rideable doesn’t show up until the morning of Saturday, August 22nd, and even then, it’s nothing to get excited about.

The water is sitting at 67°F, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year – nothing crazy, but you’ll notice it.

The best window in the whole forecast is the early mornings of Saturday, August 22nd and Sunday, August 23rd. On Saturday morning, we’ve got tiny 4ft swell from the east with a short period of 7 seconds, and the wind is glassy, coming from the south. The wave energy is weak (136). It’s not going to be pumping, but it’ll be clean and rideable for a beginner or someone just wanting to get wet. The crowds are sometimes an issue here, so you might have some company. Sunday morning looks almost identical: 4ft from the east-northeast, 8-second period, glassy south wind, and weak energy (134). Again, ordinary waves but clean.

After that, the surf gets smaller and smaller. The morning of Monday, August 24th has a tiny 2ft east swell with glassy conditions, but the energy is very weak (95). The morning of Tuesday, August 25th is clean with a cross-offshore wind, but again only 3ft and weak energy (110). The morning of Wednesday, August 26th sees a proper offshore wind from the west-northwest, but the swell drops to just 2ft with energy at 82.

There’s a gap of several days with no real recommendations after that, until the morning of Saturday, August 29th, when we get a clean cross-offshore wind and a tiny 2ft east swell – energy at 67, really just a flat spell.

Then right at the tail end of the forecast, on the morning of Sunday, August 30th, we see a new pulse of 4ft short-period swell from the south-southeast, but the wind is a moderate cross-onshore, so it’s going to be choppy and ugly. The afternoon of the 30th jumps to 7ft from the southeast with a 7-second period, but the wind is onshore, so it’s a mess. That 7ft is too big for beginners, and with the wind howling onshore, it’s only going to appeal to the hardcore crew.

Through the first few days of September, it’s a continuation of onshore winds and short-period, junky swell. The morning of Wednesday, September 2nd shows a 2ft swell from the southeast with a long 11-second period, but the wind is a moderate onshore, so it’s not going to offer much shape.

Honestly, the standout here is the Saturday and Sunday mornings, August 22nd and 23rd – just for the glassy conditions making the most of ankle-to-knee-high waves. It’s not a classic, but it’s the best we’ve got.

Rusty.

Read more