Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right now, Kawana Beach is pretty much flat out. The next week is a write-off for any kind of decent surf – we’re looking at tiny, weak windswell barely scraping 3 feet, with 6-second periods and hardly any push. The energy numbers are pathetic, sitting down in the 40s and 60s (weak energy). Monday and Tuesday mornings have a bit of glass, but there’s just no swell to work with. If you’re a complete beginner wanting to practice paddling, maybe. Otherwise, leave the board in the shed.

Wednesday the 16th sees the first pulse of something bigger – 8ft on Wednesday afternoon, but it’s straight out of the SSE, blowing 35 km/h straight onshore. That’s not surf, that’s a washing machine. The energy jumps up to 459 (moderate wave energy) but with that wind and those short 7-second intervals, it’s going to be lumpy, messy, and honestly, more of a battle than a session. It stays cross-onshore and choppy through Thursday and Friday, with decent size but rubbish shape. The wind eases a bit on Friday but the swell drops and it’s still poor.

We get a brief window Saturday morning the 20th – tiny 2ft but with light offshore NE winds, so at least it’ll be clean. Too small to get excited about though.

Then we hit a proper dry spell. Sunday and Monday are flat, with energy readings down to 20-30 (extremely weak). Tuesday the 22nd afternoon bumps up to 6ft, but it’s cross-onshore and bumpy again. You’re just chasing your tail here.

The real standout comes further out. Wednesday the 23rd morning starts showing something with 7ft and light cross-onshore winds, but the quality is still marginal – questionable tides and messy conditions. Thursday the 24th has 6ft to 7ft, still onshore though.

But here’s the one. Saturday the 26th. That’s the day to circle. We’re looking at 8ft to 8ft from the E, with 9-10 second periods, and the energy is massive – 1509 on the Saturday morning (very strong wave energy) and 1092 in the afternoon. The winds are light and onshore, which is a shame, but that’s serious swell. That’s well overhead. At 8ft, this is well beyond beginner territory – you need to know what you’re doing. The period is around 10 seconds, which is decent groundswell, not mushy windswell.

That’s the one standout, a solid E groundswell hitting Kawana (Sunshine Coast) on Saturday the 26th. It drops off a touch Sunday the 27th, with 6ft and moderate cross-onshore winds. After that, it’s fading into the 4ft range and back to poor conditions by Tuesday the 29th.

Water temp is about normal for this time of year at 69°F – nothing crazy there.

So, look, if you’re keen, that Saturday the 26th is your best bet, but it’s far from perfect with that onshore flow. Everything else in the next 16 days is a grind. When it’s been this flat for this long, it tends to fire up eventually, but the forecast ain’t pretty. If it stays like this, honestly, you might see more action on a kiteboard than a surfboard – those strong cross-onshores and lumpy conditions will be more fun for the foilers.

Stay patient, keep the board waxed, and don't hold your breath for the next fortnight.

Rusty.

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