Kawana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this outlook for Kawana Beach is a proper grind. We’ve got a long stretch of pretty ordinary conditions, but there are a couple of little windows that might be worth a look if you’re desperate for a paddle.

The story for the next week or so is mostly cross-onshore winds and choppy, unappealing surf. The first few days run from Friday the 31st of July through to Monday the 3rd of August, with poor surf, moderate breezes, and rain showers. The swell is small, around 2ft to 5ft, but it’s all wind-affected, short-period stuff. The energy is weak to moderate at best, reading between 150 and 376 (combined energy). Not a lot to get excited about.

Now, we do get a little glimmer of hope on Tuesday morning, the 4th of August. The wind goes glassy, with a light SSW breeze at 5 mph, and the water is a bit colder than normal for this time of year at 68°F. The swell is tiny, only 2ft from the southeast, with a period of 9 seconds. The combined energy is low at 114, so it’s not powerful, but it’s clean and glassy. You’ll be on a longboard or a foiler, but at least it’s not a washing machine. This is the best on offer in the first week, but it’s a real mellow, small-wave session.

After that, we slip back into a long run of poor surf from the 4th afternoon all the way through to the 12th of August. There are a few mornings with glassy or clean conditions, like the 5th, 9th, and 11th, but the wave heights drop to a pathetic 2ft to 2ft, and the energy readings are between 37 and 65. It’s barely even surfable – more of a float than a ride.

The next standout doesn’t arrive until Friday the 14th of August. You’ll wake up to glassy conditions with a light westerly breeze. The swell bumps up to 4ft from the north-northeast, but the period is a short 6 seconds, so it’s a wind swell. The combined energy is 240, which is moderate, and the wave comment says “expect good surf conditions.” This is the best-looking swell of the whole 16-day window. That NNE swell direction is a bit off, but with glassy conditions, it’ll be clean. The morning is your time – the afternoon turns to a cross-shore breeze and the quality drops. This is likely the best session of the entire period, but it’s a week and a half away, so treat it as promising but not locked in.

Saturday the 15th and the rest of the window goes back to tiny, onshore slop, with 1ft to 1ft waves and very low energy. Don’t bother.

So, to sum it up: the first real chance is Tuesday morning, the 4th of August, for a glassy, tiny-wave session. The true standout is the morning of Friday the 14th of August, when cleaner 4ft swell and glassy conditions should offer the best waves of the whole forecast. The rest is a long gap of poor to non-existent surf. It’s a quiet spell, but forecasts can change, and it won’t stay this way forever.

Rusty.

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