The Groin (Noosa) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – this is a pretty lean stretch for The Groin (Noosa). The next 16 days are mostly a write-off, with only a few brief windows of surfable, but ordinary, waves. There’s a decent gap of nothing really worth paddling out for from the start, so let’s get into it.

We kick off on Thursday morning, the 23rd of July. The water temp is sitting at 69°, which is a touch below the long-term average for this time of year – nothing crazy, just a bit cooler than usual. We’ve got a 4ft swell from the east with a short period of 8 seconds, and a light offshore wind from the SSW. The combined wave energy is moderate at 239. It’s surfable, but it’s very ordinary – the swell is weak and short-period, so don’t expect any real juice. The afternoon goes downhill with a cross-shore wind and poor conditions.

Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th are a bust – the swell drops right off, and while the wind is cross-offshore, the waves are tiny and weak. The best of a bad lot comes on Sunday morning, the 26th of July. We’ve got a 3ft east swell, period around 7 seconds, and a light southerly breeze. The energy is low (69), and it’s only surfable in that “very ordinary” kind of way. It’s clean, but it’s gutless.

After that, from Monday the 27th right through to Wednesday the 5th of August, it’s basically a desert. The swell flatlines to 1ft or less, with some long-period groundswell energy showing up around the 30th, but it’s paired with strong winds and almost no height. You’ll be floating, not surfing. The combined energy values drop to single digits and low double digits – that’s barely a ripple.

There is a tiny glimmer on Wednesday morning, the 29th of July. The wind goes glassy – flat calm, with a 3ft swell from the ENE, period just 7 seconds. It’s clean, but the energy is still low (79), and it’s only surfable in that mediocre sense. The afternoon gets ruined by a cross-onshore wind.

The only other faint pulse is on Sunday morning, the 2nd of August. A 3ft east swell, 6-second period, with a light southerly breeze. Clean, but the energy is moderate-low at 79, and the period is so short the waves will be soft and crumbly. The afternoon turns cross-shore again.

So, to be honest, there’s no standout session here. The best on offer is probably that Thursday morning, the 23rd of July, just for the 4ft of swell and offshore wind, but it’s still a “meh” kind of day. The Groin is a fairly consistent spot, so this blank run is a bit of a bummer, but it happens. Keep an eye on the forecasts – things can change.

Rusty.

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