Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get straight into it. The next 16 days are looking pretty grim for Kawana Beach. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions ahead, so don’t get your hopes up.

The first few days are a write-off. Saturday the 1st through to Monday the 3rd of August are all showing poor surf with cross-onshore winds and choppy water. The swell is there, but it’s messy and weak. The combined energy is low, sitting around 145 to 356, which is just not enough to get excited about. The water is already a bit colder than normal at 68°F, so you’ll want a thick suit.

We finally get a bit of a break on Tuesday the 4th of August. The morning shows glassy conditions with a light 2ft swell from the SE, period 9 seconds. It’s clean, but tiny. The combined energy is only 120, so it’s surfable but very ordinary. You might get a few little ones if you’re desperate.

Wednesday the 5th sees a similar story. Glassy again in the morning with a 3ft swell from the east, period 8 seconds. The energy picks up slightly to 114. Still, it’s nothing to write home about. The afternoons get a cross-on breeze and ruin it.

From Thursday the 6th through to the 12th of August, it’s a desert of poor surf. The swell drops right off, with heights between 2ft and 3ft and combined energy values often below 100. The wind keeps switching around, but it’s never on your side. There’s a gap of about six days here where you’d be better off doing something else.

Then, around the 13th of August, things get interesting – but not in a good way. The swell starts to ramp up, but it’s too big. On the 14th, we’re looking at 10ft from the ENE with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy jumps to 2020, which is strong. The wind is offshore and clean, so the setup is there, but the swell is just too big for this break. Same story on the 15th and 16th, with 16ft and 13ft swells and energy values hitting 5335 and beyond. That’s for experts only, and even then, it’s not recommended here.

Honestly, there’s no standout session in this whole 16-day window. The only half-decent windows are those Tuesday and Wednesday mornings with glassy conditions, but the surf is tiny. For the rest, it’s either flat, choppy, or way too big. If you’re a kite surfer, those big windy days from the 13th onward might look good, but for paddle surfing, it’s a miss.

Stay patient, folks. The ocean will turn around eventually.

Rusty.

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