North Stradbroke - Pt Lookout Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let’s get into it. This is for Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island.

To be straight with you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for a surf. We’ve got a run of small, weak energy for days on end. The water temp is sitting around 71°F which is pretty much normal for this time of year, so nothing wild there.

It's a slow start. The early part of the week, Monday and Tuesday, is barely worth a look. We're talking tiny 2 ft to 3 ft easterly swells with weak energy in the 30-50 range. The winds aren't helping either – mostly cross or onshore, and on Tuesday afternoon, a strong nor’easter blows straight on at 16 mph. That’s a write-off.

Wednesday morning the 16th is a tough one. We get a solid southerly offshore at 31 mph, which cleans things up, but it's so strong you'll be fighting just to get out. By Wednesday afternoon, the wind drops a touch to 34 mph cross-off, and the swell jumps to 8 ft from the SE with a chunky 527 combined energy. That's proper size and power, but with those winds, it’s only for the hardcore. Thursday, the 17th, is similar – strong offshore winds, 5 ft to 7 ft SE swell, energy in the 300s. Clean but a real battle to paddle into. Not a beginner’s day.

Friday the 18th looks like the pick of the first week, and it's still only average. We’ve got a moderate cross-off breeze, 4 ft SE swell, period around 7 seconds, and the energy is down to 158. The waves are surfable but very ordinary. After that, it's back to the doldrums. From Saturday the 19th right through to Thursday the 25th, it's a long stretch of tiny, weak surf – mostly under 2 ft, onshore winds, and energy below 100. Not worth paddling out for.

Then we get a little pulse on Tuesday the 22nd. Tuesday morning shows 7 ft from the ESE with 442 energy, and a gentle cross-shore breeze. That’s got some potential, but the forecast calls it marginal. The afternoon turns choppy. Wednesday the 23rd drops to 5 ft and gets messy.

The tail end of the forecast, around Monday the 28th, shows a tiny 3 ft glassy morning with a weird SSE swell. Energy is 124, but it’s surfable. That’s followed by some very strong offshore winds on Tuesday the 29th, with a long period 16 second SE groundswell that only gets to 2 ft but packs 220 energy. That kind of long period is best saved for a point or reef, but the wind is near gale force, so it’s not a realistic option.

Bottom line: there’s no standout session here. The best you’re looking at is Friday the 18th morning or Tuesday the 22nd morning if you’re desperate. The rest is a whole lot of nothing or blown-out. I wouldn’t book a trip around it.

- Rusty

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