North Stradbroke - Pt Lookout Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cooking for North Stradbroke – Pt Lookout over the next couple weeks. To be straight with you, it’s a pretty lean stretch. There’s surf around, but it’s mostly small and messy, and the wind is going to be a proper headache for most of it. That said, there are a couple of moments where things might just come together, so don’t give up hope yet.

We start things off on Friday, August 28, with a tiny 2 ft easterly swell, short period of 7 seconds. The combined energy is weak at 98, so not much juice. The S wind is offshore, and it’s keeping things clean, but it’s a moderate breeze at 12 mph. It’s surfable, but nothing special – very ordinary. Friday afternoon, it drops even further, with cross-off winds making things ugly.

Saturday and Sunday follow a similar story – tiny waves, poor conditions, cross-off or offshore winds that are just too strong to be any fun. On Sunday the 30th, there’s a little pulse of 5 ft from the SE with 7-second period, energy hitting 251, so there’s some grunt. But that SSE wind is howling at 22 mph, turning it into a real battle. That size is in the intermediate zone, but with those winds, it’s honestly more of a kite-surfing scenario than a paddle one.

Monday, September 1, is more of the same – small, poor. Water temp is 70°, which is right on average for this time of year, so nothing unusual there.

Then we hit a proper quiet spell. From Tuesday, September 2, right through to Tuesday, September 8, it’s a run of days where swell heights barely scrape 3 ft, often down around 1 ft to 2 ft. The winds are either cross-on, onshore, or just plain wrong – NE, NNE, NNW – and it’s all small, choppy, and frustrating. There’s nothing worth paddling out for during this whole stretch. That’s about a week of basically no options.

Now, there’s a glimmer in the second week. On Wednesday, September 9, a long-period groundswell starts to show – 1 ft from the SE, but with a period of 17 seconds. The energy is moderate at 137. That kind of period can really wrap into a point break like Pt Lookout, which is ideally exposed to E swells. The wind is cross-off from the SSE at 16 mph, so not perfect, but the long period and clean conditions could make for some sneaky, fun little waves. This carries into Thursday, September 10, with 1 ft and 15-second period, energy at 107. Still tiny, but the quality of the swell might surprise you – long gaps between sets, but the waves that do come through will have real shape and push.

Honestly, the only standout in this whole outlook is that brief window on Wednesday, September 9, and Thursday, September 10. The swell is small, but the long period and the offshore/cross-off winds make it the best bet. It’s nothing to write home about, but if you’re keen for a session, that’s your shot.

Everything else is a bust. No strong, clean swells, no glassy mornings – just wind and flatness. If you surf here regularly, you know it can be hit or miss, and this is one of those miss periods. But it won’t stay this way forever.

Rusty.

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