Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Righto, pull up a stump and let me have a yarn about what’s coming for Kawana Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Look, I won’t sugar-coat it—this stretch is getting absolutely hammered by cross-onshore winds for days on end. From Tuesday the 7th right through to Friday the 10th, it’s all rain showers and a fresh breeze from the south or SSE, making for lumpy, choppy, poor surf. The water is sitting at a notably chilly 68°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll want a decent steamer.

That swell is coming in from the SE mostly, right throughout that first week, but the wind just wrecks any chance of a clean wave. Thursday the 9th morning drops to 4 ft, still cross-on and choppy. Friday the 10th you’ve got a tiny 3 ft in the morning with the same rubbish wind. It’s a real grind.

Now, hang in there because Saturday the 11th shows a small flicker—wind drops right back to nearly nothing with a light S breeze at 3 mph, but the swell is a weak 3 ft from the ESE at 10 seconds. It’s cross-shore, so there are tiny ripples on the surface, but it’s still marginal. Not worth getting excited about.

The standout window pops up on Sunday morning the 12th. A light W wind at 6 mph swings cross-offshore, and you get a clean 3 ft ESE swell with an 11-second period. The combined energy is modest at 216, but for Kawana that’s the best you’ll see in a long time. It’s clean and there’s some shape in the water. That’s the pick of the lot for this entire outlook. Keep in mind it’s a beach break, so that longer period (11 sec) might make it a little straight, but with offshore wind, it’s worth a crack. Crowds are possible here, so get in early.

Sunday afternoon turns glassy with no wind and a tiny 3 ft swell, but it’s pretty ordinary. Monday the 13th morning you get clean but tiny 2 ft waves from the WSW at 3 mph. Not much push.

After that, we hit a proper dry spell. From Monday afternoon right through to Saturday the 18th, the swell drops below 2 ft and into the 0.7 ft range with nothing but poor conditions. That’s a full week of barely a ripple—honestly, for this area, that’s a fairly normal blank run, so don’t throw your board in the bin just yet.

Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th show a little bump back to 4 ft from the E, but it’s cross-on and choppy again. Not worth the paddle.

Then, and this is a long-range promise that’s a bit more uncertain, Wednesday the 22nd morning looks very interesting. Glassy conditions, zero wind, and a 4 ft SE groundswell with a 12-second period and combined energy of 492. That’s moderate energy and the cleanest, most promising setup of the whole 16 days. It’s a long period swell, so at a beach break it might wall up a bit, but if you’ve got a point or reef nearby… well, you’re at Kawana, so it’s a beachie. Still, clean 4 ft with glass? Get amongst it.

So to wrap it up: Sunday the 12th morning is your best bet in the near term, and keep an eye on Wednesday the 22nd morning for a potential treat. Everything else is either flat, choppy, or both.

Rusty.

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