Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here.

Alright, let's have a look at what's cookin' for the Kawana Beach area. I gotta be straight with ya – it’s a pretty grim run for the next week or so. We're lookin' at a real flat spell with onshore winds messing up just about everything. Hang in there though, because there is a little light at the end of the tunnel.

The water temp is sittin' where you'd expect for this time of year, so nothin' unusual there.

We kick things off on Friday the 28th of August, and honestly, it's a write-off. Tiny 3ft swell from the ENE with a short 7-second period, and a cross-on wind from the south ruining any chance of a decent wave. The combined energy is weak at 130, and it stays like this – poor surf conditions – right through the weekend and into the start of next week. We get a bit of a bump on Sunday the 30th, with the swell pushin' 5ft from the SE, but that's comin' with a fresh 19 mph cross-on wind and a super short 6-second period. The energy reads 264, which is at least moderate, but it's just lumpy, sloppy crud. Not surfable in any pleasurable way. This continues through Monday and Tuesday – you’d be floggin' a dead horse.

Then on Wednesday the 2nd of September, things finally look a little better. We've got a glassy morning, total smooth water, with a 2ft, 10-second period easterly swell. The energy is still weak at 80, but that period gives it some shape. It's described as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions". That's the most optimistic we get for a while.

Thursday and Friday mornings (3rd and 4th of September) offer similar small, cleanish waves with a light offshore/cross-off wind. We're talkin' 2ft to 3ft waves, still weak energy, but at least you'll get a few ankle-to-knee-high runners without getting blown off ya board.

We hit another quiet patch over the weekend of the 5th and 6th, with tiny 1ft waves. Then, circle Monday the 7th of September on your calendar. The morning session looks like the real standout of the whole 16-day window. We get a jump to a 5ft swell from the SE, but the key is the 6 mph cross-off wind from the southwest. The report says "expect good surf conditions", with clean waves. The combined swell energy cracks 216, so there's some push there. It's a short 6-second period, so it'll be a bit crumbly and fat at a beach break, but it'll be the best we've got by a mile. This is the one to aim for.

After that, it looks like we slide back into slop and onshore wind for the rest of the second week. There's no other real standouts, just more small, onshore junk.

So overall, if you've got a board you don't mind dingin', you can get wet Wednesday through Friday mornings and on Monday the 7th, but Monday the 7th is your best shot for anything with a bit of push and clean face. Otherwise, you might be better off takin' the wind for a kite session.

Rusty.

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