Mooloolaba Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what Mooloolaba’s got lined up for us over the next couple of weeks. I gotta be straight with you – it’s looking pretty grim for a while. We’re facing a long stretch of ordinary, poor, or just plain unsurfable conditions. There’s a real gap here; after the first couple of days, nothing really works until we get deep into the second week.

We start off Monday the 24th with rain showers and a light cross-shore breeze, but the swell is weak and short-period at 3 ft from the ENE. The water temp is sitting at 68°, which is a bit colder than normal for this time of year, so you’ll be wanting that wetsuit. The combined energy is low, just 128 (weak energy), and the call is poor surf. Not worth paddling out.

Tuesday the 25th morning is a tease. It’s glassy, the wind is a whisper, and the swell is still 3 ft from the East, but it’s only 8 seconds. It’s surfable, but very ordinary. The energy nudges up to 142 (still weak). If you’re dying for a paddle, this is the only window that isn't a total write-off, but don’t expect any quality. Tuesday afternoon the wind swings onshore from the NE, and it’s poor again.

Wednesday the 26th morning sees a drop in size to 3 ft, with a clean cross-off breeze from the WSW. The energy is weak at 98. Surfable but very ordinary. The afternoon turns glassy with a tiny 2 ft wave. Again, you could float around, but it’s not really surf.

From Thursday the 27th right through to Monday the 1st of September, it’s a desert. The swell stays small or gets choppy, and the wind is either too strong or cross. There’s a period around the 29th and 30th where the swell bumps up to 5 ft to 5 ft from the SE, but the period is short at 5-6 seconds, the wind is howling at 12-16 mph, and the energy jumps to moderate (240 on the 29th). But the call is still “poor surf conditions.” That’s just a messy, blown-out sea – more for kitesurfing than proper surfing at this beach-and-reef setup.

The best of a bad lot finally shows up on Wednesday the 2nd of September. The morning goes glassy with a NNE breeze, and we’ve got 4 ft from the East at 7 seconds. The combined energy is moderate at 184 (moderate wave energy). It’s surfable, but still very ordinary. The direction is a bit off for this spot’s optimum NE swell, and the period is short, so it won’t have much push.

After that, it fades again. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th see the swell drop below 3 ft and eventually to a pathetic 1 ft. Even though Friday afternoon the 4th goes glassy with a 1 ft wave from the East (9 second period), it’s just too small to ride properly. The energy is a paltry 65 (weak).

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th are flat or near-flat, with a tiny 1 ft SE swell showing up on the 6th. The period does stretch out to 13 seconds, which is a long-period groundswell, but the size is nothing. Combined energy is 101 (weak). That’s just a ripple.

The outlook ends with poor onshore conditions right through to Tuesday the 8th of September. Honestly, for Mooloolaba, this run of poor conditions is a pretty normal blank spell. It won’t stay this way forever, forecasts can change, but right now, there’s nothing to get excited about.

Rusty.

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