North Stradbroke - Pt Lookout Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Gotta be straight with you – it’s gonna be a lean run of surf for a while. We’re looking at a good stretch of small, junky waves before things finally start to show a bit of life. Don't get too excited just yet, but there’s a couple of sessions on the horizon that'll be worth a look if you're keen and patient.

The first hint of anything rideable is around Friday the 4th. Early that morning, we’ve got a tiny 1.3ft east swell wrapping in with a gentle offshore southerly. It’s clean, I’ll give it that, but there’s barely any push. You’d be on a longboard just to get a few soft ones. The water temp is sitting around 70.2° which is pretty much spot on for this time of year. A couple of days of marginal, wind-affected slop follows, with mainly poor conditions. The wind is all over the shop, and the swell just doesn’t have any size or energy to it.

Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Tuesday the 8th afternoon is a bit of a curveball. The swell jumps up to a stormy 7.5ft from the southeast, with a strong energy reading (472), but it’s got a short, punchy 7-second period. The wind is a clean cross-offshore, so it won't be a total mess, but this is a full-on, raw, powerful wave. This is well overhead and definitely for experienced surfers only – beginners should give it a wide berth. At this size and with that period, Point Lookout (North Stradbroke) could have some proper, bowling walls, but it’ll be a handful. Then it backs right down again.

The next real standout, and for my money the best of the whole run, is shaping up for Wednesday the 9th morning. After that big pulse, the swell settles to a much more manageable 2.9ft from the southeast, with a moderate energy (126). The wind is dead glass, and it’s clean as a whistle. This is your window. The sets will be lined up and the point will be working with way less grunt than the day before. This is the one to circle on the calendar, folks.

From there, it turns into a waiting game again. The ocean gets messy with strong southerly winds and plenty of chop, even though the swell tries to kick around the 4.6ft mark on the 11th, the wind is just too strong to make it any fun. We’ve got a long stretch of poor conditions and small surf right through to the 17th, with energy readings staying low and the swell just not lining up. There are a couple of cleaner mornings, but the waves are tiny.

The final call for the period is on Friday the 18th morning. We've got a 2.9ft east-northeast swell with a moderate energy (112) and a light cross-offshore breeze from the west-southwest. The period is a touch longer at 8 seconds, so it might have a bit more shape to it. It’s not the stand-out day the 9th is, but it’s a clean finisher and a sign that things might be on the improve.

So, there you have it. There's some serious swell in the middle that will test your nerve, but the real gem is that glassy Wednesday morning. Paddle out, get a few, and be patient for the rest of it.

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