Mooloolaba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Let's have a look at what's on the cards for Mooloolaba.

Alright, we're looking at a bit of a mixed bag here for the next couple of weeks. The opening days are a write-off for a decent paddle, but things start to show a bit of life from mid-week onward. The best window of surf is going to be from Wednesday the 8th through to Friday morning the 10th, with a standout session on Thursday morning if you can get out. After that, the energy drops right away into the second week, with only very small, ordinary waves on offer.

The water is sitting at 68°, which is about two and a half degrees colder than usual for this time of year. You'll want a decent steamer.

Let's break it down day by day. There's no real surf to speak of today, the 7th. We've got a bumpy 6ft of short-period SE swell, but it's cross-off and messy. Keep the board in the car.

Wednesday the 8th is where we start to get a little interested. The morning has a clean 4ft of long-period SE swell (12 seconds), giving a moderate wave energy of 795. That's a good sign for shape, but it's crossed-up and there are rain showers around. The afternoon jumps up to a much bigger 7ft of SE swell with an 11-second period, but the wind cranks to 30 km/h from the SSE, making it a cross-off mess. The energy is strong at 1245, but with that wind, it's going to be a battle. This is one for the experienced crew only, as it's over 7ft.

Now, Thursday morning the 9th is our pick of the whole forecast. We get a clean 4ft of long-period SSE groundswell (11 seconds) with a proper offshore wind from the south at 12 mph. The wave energy is moderate at 442. This is your chance for the best, cleanest waves of the window. Mooloolaba (Sunshine Coast) will be handling that SE direction well. The afternoon backs off a bit with 6ft but the wind swings cross-off, so it loses that magic.

Friday the 10th is small again, with the morning dropping to just 3ft and the afternoon picking up to a weak 4ft. The wind is cross-off, so it's clean but tiny. After that, the weekend and the entire second week are pretty grim. Saturday the 11th has a tiny 3ft in the morning with offshore wind, but it's just ordinary. Sunday morning the 12th is glassy with 3ft of ESE groundswell, but the energy is only 186. It's small and weak.

From Monday the 13th onwards, the swell is consistently under 2ft, with wave energy dipping below 100. It's mostly clean with light offshore breezes, particularly on the morning of the 22nd with 2ft and a gentle offshore, but it's barely surfable. There's a long dry spell of tiny, weak waves from the 14th through the 21st, with only a couple of 4ft days (Thursday 16th and Friday 17th) but they are short-period and cross-off, offering no quality.

For a kite surfer, some of those afternoons with bigger swell and strong cross-off wind, like Wednesday afternoon the 8th, would look more interesting than for us with paddles. For the rest of us, stick to that Thursday morning.

Rusty.

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