Kirra Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's cookin' for Kirra over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with ya – it's a pretty grim run. The computer is spitting out "poor surf conditions" for almost every session across the entire 16-day window. We're looking at a real stretch of nothing special, so don't be rushing to wax up just yet.

The first few days are a write-off. Tuesday the 4th through to Saturday the 8th of August, we've got tiny, weak junk. Swell heights are barely scraping 3 ft, and the energy is weak, sitting between 94 and 162 on the energy scale. Winds are all over the shop – glassy at times, but the swell just isn't there to back it up. You'd be fighting for a knee-high dribbler.

We finally see a little pulse on Sunday the 9th of August. The morning brings a 4 ft swell from the east with a period of 9 seconds, and the energy jumps up to 357. That's more like it, but the computer still calls it "very ordinary conditions" with a score of just 1 out of 10. The wind is light and variable (SSE 3 mph) with clean conditions, but the swell direction is cross-offshore, which at a sheltered SE-exposed point like Kirra isn't ideal.

Then we get a tease on Friday the 14th of August. The morning shows a long-period 14-second swell from the southeast, measuring 2 ft. The energy is strong at 366. A long period swell running into a point break like Kirra at 2 ft – that could actually be kinda fun if it lines up right. And the wind is a clean 12 mph offshore from the south. But again, the overall report calls it "very ordinary."

Honestly, the highlight, if you can even call it that, is that Friday the 14th morning session. It's the only thing that shows any glimmer of potential. A long-period south swell and clean offshore winds are a combo we love to see at Kirra, even if the size is small. The water temp is a touch below average for this time of year, sitting at 69°F with a 0.9°F anomaly. So, it's a bit nippy but nothing wild.

The rest of the second week is more of the same – tiny swells (2 ft to 3 ft) with moderate to fresh cross-offshore winds keeping things clean but gutless. It’s not going to be good. For the few of you who are really keen, keep an eye on that Friday the 14th morning, but don't expect much.

Rusty.

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