Surf Forecasts:
Noosa - Sunshine Beach surf forecast from 2 Sep 2026:
- Best quality surf: Friday 4 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period, E swell with cross-offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 8 Sep, 1PM (local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period, SSE swell with 523 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Friday 4 Sep, 7AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with E swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Noosa - Sunshine Beach this week:
The surf forecast for Noosa - Sunshine Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Sep 04) at 7AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.4m and 9s period with a secondary swell of 0.7m and 5s. The wind is predicted to be cross-offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Noosa - Sunshine Beach in the next 16 days are 2.3m 7s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 1PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.6m 4s period and expected on Friday (Sep 04) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 7AM (Fri 4th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Best Surf | 7AM (Fri 4th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 9s |
| Most Powerful | 1PM (Tue 8th Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Noosa - Sunshine Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright mate, Rusty here with a look at what’s coming our way for Sunshine Beach over the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, looking at this run, it’s a bit of a flat spell to start with a whole lot of nothing happening for a while. Don’t get your hopes up just yet.
The first few days are pretty grim. Thursday the 3rd is a write-off with tiny messy surf. Friday the 4th morning, we get a bit of a tease with clean 1ft easterly swell, glassy conditions, and weak energy (48). It’s surfable but very ordinary. That’s about as good as the first week gets, because from then on it’s mostly onshore chop and poor surf all the way through to the end of the second week.
There is a bump in size around Monday the 8th and Tuesday the 9th, but the wind is a problem. On Tuesday the 8th, the swell jumps to 6-7ft from the SSE/SE with moderate wave energy (295-525), but the wind is cross to cross-onshore, making it choppy and messy. Not the kind of conditions you paddle out for—more of a kite-surfing setup if you ask me.
By Wednesday the 9th, you’ve got a 4ft swell from the SE with a good 11-second period, giving moderate wave energy (324), but it’s onshore wind. Same story through to the 13th: plenty of swell size (5ft to 8ft) but the wind never cleans it up, and the water temp is sitting at 68°F at the start, a bit colder than average for the time of year at Sunshine Beach.
The only other chance to wet a line comes right at the end of the outlook, on Friday the 18th. That morning we get a tiny 3ft easterly swell, glassy conditions, and weak energy (82). It’s not going to set the world on fire, but it’s the cleanest option in a dry spell.
Bottom line: unless you’re desperate for a small, clean session on the 4th morning or the 18th morning, you’re better off waiting for a better run. No standout sessions this time around.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the NNE by Sat afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the NNW by Mon night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | Monday 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | NE 4 | NE 5 | E 9 | E 9 | NNE 5 | E 9 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | SSE 5 | NE 8 | NE 7 | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 11 | SE 5 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 27 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 59 | 27 | 31 | 44 | 36 | 55 | 53 | 27 | 261 | 501 | 246 | 128 | 297 | 122 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 12:15PM1.61m | 00:10AM1.26m | 1:35PM1.60m | 1:35AM1.15m | 3:07PM1.65m | 3:22AM1.13m | 4:24PM1.75m | 4:44AM1.22m | 5:25PM1.86m | 5:44AM1.34m | 6:15PM1.94m | 6:33AM1.47m | 6:59PM1.97m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:38PM0.70m | 6:27AM0.46m | 8:21PM0.74m | 7:46AM0.51m | 10:03PM0.68m | 9:18AM0.48m | 11:12PM0.55m | 10:35AM0.40m | 00:03AM0.42m | 11:36AM0.29m | 00:45AM0.31m | 12:29PM0.20m | 1:23AM0.22m | ||||||||
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 | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — |
 | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:36 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | E 9 | NNE 5 | E 9 | E 9 | NE 5 | E 10 | E 10 | NNE 5 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 7 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 |
| kJ | 27 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 12 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | SE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | NE 5 | E 9 | NE 8 | SE 11 | E 10 | NE 9 | S 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 5 | E 9 | E 9 | NE 7 | — | — | E 16 |
| kJ | 7 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | — | — | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 7 | NE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | NE 10 | NE 9 | S 6 | S 5 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | SE 13 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | E 16 | — |
| kJ | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NE 4 | NNW 4 | — | NNE 5 | NW 2 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NW 3 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | SSW 3 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | — | SSE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 11 | SE 5 |
| kJ | 7 | 36 | 8 | — | 8 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 6 | 31 | 44 | 3 | 55 | 29 | — | 261 | 501 | 246 | 128 | 297 | 122 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 127 | 28 | 28 | 458 | 50 | 0 | 127 | 127 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 202 |
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