Noosa Main Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, look, I’m gonna be straight with you – this is a tough stretch for Noosa Main Beach. We’ve got a pretty bleak 16-day window ahead. For the first few days, from Thursday the 23rd to Sunday the 26th, there’s just nothing doing. The swell is tiny, the conditions are ordinary, and the scores are bottom of the barrel. It’s pretty much a write-off.

Thursday afternoon the 23rd gives us a tiny 4 ft E swell with a short 8-second period, but that’s about as good as it gets, and it’s still not worth paddling out for. The combined energy is weak at 190, and the cross-off SE wind at 6 mph keeps it clean but uninspiring. Water temp is sitting at 69°, which is pretty normal for this time of year.

By Friday the 24th, the swell drops even more – we’re looking at a measly 3 ft, then 3 ft, with E swell and even shorter 8-second periods, but the wind picks up to 12-16 mph, making it messy. Saturday the 25th is a total flat day, no swell at all, just clean but empty. Sunday the 26th morning offers a brief glimmer: a tiny 2 ft E swell with a 7-second period, but paired with glassy SSW wind at just 3 mph. It’s clean and calm, but it’s so small (combined energy only 55) that you’re fighting for a waist-high wave. The afternoon sees it drop to 2 ft with a light cross-on E breeze.

From Monday the 27th onward, it’s a long, sorry slide. The swell never gets above 3 ft for the rest of the outlook. We get a mix of tiny 1 ft to 2 ft waves with periods mostly around 7 seconds, and winds are all over the place – cross-off, cross, and occasional offshore, but nothing strong enough to make the small surf worthwhile. The combined energy stays below 100 the whole time, mostly in the teens and twenties.

There are several multi-day gaps with no recommendations at all. From Monday the 27th through to Thursday the 7th of August, it’s essentially a desert. Friday the 31st of July has some rain and moderate cross-shore wind with a 2 ft ENE swell, and the combined energy just hits 61, but the conditions are grim – lumpy and choppy. A couple of days in early August, like Saturday the 1st, offer fresh offshore wind (19 mph) and clean faces, but the swell is only 1 ft. That’s not worth a session unless you’re just floating around.

The only tiny standouts are the morning of Sunday the 26th, with that glassy, clean 2 ft E swell, but even then, it’s a true knee-high affair. And maybe the afternoon of Saturday the 1st of August – offshore S wind at 16 mph, 1 ft, clean as a whistle, but barely a ripple.

Honestly, this whole 16-day stretch is one long flat spell. The few options are so small and weak that it’s more of a paddle-around for beginners than anything else. For the experienced crew, this is a total waste of sand. It doesn’t get any worse than this.

Signing off, Rusty.

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