Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's check out what Kawana Beach has got cookin' for us over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, I'm looking at the charts and it's a bit of a grim stretch for a paddle. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for any decent surf. The waves that do show up are all tagged as "poor surf conditions," and there's not a single day where the scorecard reads anything worthwhile. The wind is just relentless from the wrong angles, mostly cross-onshore, and the swell is a messy mix of short-period, weak energy.

We start with a tiny 2ft ENE swell on Tuesday, 8th September, but with an onshore breeze, it's just junk. The energy is a measly 58, so there's nothing to get excited about. The conditions stay ordinary through the first week. The swell does pump up to 10ft on Thursday, 10th September, with some serious energy (935), but it's coming from the SSE with a 22 mph wind blasting across it. That's not a surfable wave; that's a washing machine. The period is short (7-8 seconds), so it's all just lumpy, choppy, and blown out. For a beginner spot like Kawana Beach, anything over 5ft is already heavy, and this is expert-only territory, but even experts wouldn't want it in these winds.

The whole first week is a bust. The water temp is sitting at 70°F, which is about 0.9°F cooler than usual for this time of year, so about average for the season. But you won't be feeling it anyway because you won't be in the water long.

The second week doesn't get any better. We see a persistent pattern of small, weak swells (1ft to 4ft) and still largely cross-onshore winds. The energy is always in the low double or triple digits. The only sniff of something slightly different comes right at the tail end. On Saturday morning, 19th September, we get a tiny 3ft from the ENE with a light offshore from the N. The comment says "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which is a polite way of saying it's small and weak, but at least it's clean. The same thing happens on Sunday morning, 20th September, and then again on Wednesday morning, 23rd September. These are the only moments where the wind is off the land, but the swell is tiny (3ft to 3ft) with low energy (56-77) and a short period (6-7 seconds). For a beginner break, you might find a knee-high wave to bob around on, but don't expect any real power.

There are no standouts here. Absolutely none. Kawana Beach is a fairly consistent spot, so this blank run is a bit of a downer, but it happens. If you're desperate, those three mornings (19th, 20th, and 23rd of September) with the offshore wind are your only windows, but the surf is basically non-existent. You'd be better off waiting for the next system to roll through. Forecasts can change, but right now, it's a hard pass.

Rusty.

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