Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be honest, the next couple of weeks at Kawana Beach look like a bit of a struggle. There’s a run of almost two weeks where conditions just won’t line up, and the surf will be pretty ordinary for paddle surfing. The water temp is sitting at 69°F, which feels about average for this time of year, no big anomaly to report.

Kicking off Tuesday the 15th, there’s a faint hint of hope in the morning. We’ve got a tiny 3 ft swell out of the east, only 6 seconds period, and combined energy is weak (55). But the wind is glassy from the northeast at just 3 mph, so it’ll be clean. It’s surfable but very ordinary – a beginner might get a few knee-high dribblers.

Then the window slams shut. From Tuesday afternoon right through to Monday the 21st, it’s pretty much poor surf conditions across the board. The wind turns cross, cross-on, and onshore, mostly moderate to fresh, and the swell is either too small or too messy. There’s a spike on Wednesday the 16th afternoon with a 8 ft southeast swell and moderate wave energy (533), but it’s onshore and lumpy at 22 mph – that’s a messy, blown-out wall for experts only, and honestly, it looks more interesting for kite surfing than a paddle.

A short-lived breather comes Saturday the 19th morning. Swell drops to 3 ft from the east-southeast, but the wind turns light and cross-off from the north at 6 mph, cleaning it right up. Combined energy is weak (64), but it’ll be glassy again – a session for the logs or a learner mucking about in clean, tiny waves.

From there, it’s another long gap of nothing worth paddling out for. The wind stays onshore or cross, and swell sizes bounce between 1.0 ft and 3 ft with periods as short as 4 seconds – just not going to happen. By the time we get to the following week, things stay grim. Wednesday the 23rd through Friday the 25th sees some 5 ft to 6 ft easterly swells, but the wind is fresh onshore (16-19 mph), making for rough, choppy conditions. Combined energy climbs to moderate (197-311), but it’s not going to be surfable for the average surfer.

The standouts in this whole 16-day run are the two mornings: Tuesday the 15th and Saturday the 19th. They won’t blow your mind, but if you’re keen, those are the cleanest windows. The rest? Honestly, a blank spell like this is pretty normal for the area when the wind doesn’t play ball. Hang tight, and keep an eye on the charts – it tends not to stay poor forever.

Rusty.

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