Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. We’ve got a 16-day look at the waves, and I gotta be honest with you – it’s a lean stretch. There’s a real gap of no-good surf at the start, so don’t bother paddling out until we get through that first dry spell.

The first real whisper of something worthwhile doesn’t show up until Sunday morning, August 9th at Kawana Beach. That’s two days of waiting. Sunday morning the wind goes glassy – absolute zero – and we’ve got a clean 3ft swell sneaking in from the east. The water’s sitting at 69°, which is about normal for this time of year, nothing unusual. The combined energy is moderate at 202 (moderate wave energy). That’s your best window right there – a small, clean, beginner-friendly wave. The swell direction is east, and the optimum here is east-southeast, so it’s a good match. It’s a fairly consistent spot, but crowds are possible, so don’t expect to have it to yourself.

Now, after that Sunday morning, it gets messy again. The rest of that week and into the next is mostly cross-onshore junk or tiny, weak swell. You’ll see the odd cleaner session here and there, but nothing that’ll get your heart pumping. The wind’s mostly from the south or southeast, blowing onshore or cross-onshore, and the wave heights hover around 2ft to 2ft – not worth the wetsuit rinse.

The second week has a bit more size, but it’s all blown out. Monday, August 18th and Tuesday the 19th see swell pushing 6ft to 6ft from the east, with combined energy jumping to 347 and then 946 (moderate to strong wave energy). That’s a decent amount of water, but the wind is a solid 15 to 19 mph from the south-southeast, cross-onshore, and it’s lumpy. That’s more a kite-surfing setup than a paddle-surfing one. The period is only 8 to 9 seconds, so it’s a short-period windswell, not a clean groundswell.

So, the standout here is undeniably Sunday morning, August 9th. That’s your one true clean shot. After that, it’s a long stretch of waiting and hoping the forecasts change. For an area like this, a blank run is not unusual, but it tends not to stay poor for long.

Rusty.

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