Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s shaping up for Sunshine Beach over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a bit of a flat, slow start. The first few days are pretty ordinary with tiny surf and not much to get excited about. We’re looking at a real waiting game.

The first real glimmer comes on Sunday morning, the 9th of August. The swell bumps up to a waist-high 4 ft from the east, with a period of 9 seconds. The energy is moderate (245), and the wind is glassy. That’s about as clean as it gets. This is easily the standout session of the whole forecast. For a beach break, it’ll be small but super clean, and with the water temperature sitting at 69°, which is just a touch cooler than average for this time of year, it’s a great morning for a longboard or a funboard.

After that, it fades again. The rest of the first week and into the second week is a mixed bag of small, weak easterly swells, poor winds, and choppy conditions. We’ve got a few days where the wind goes offshore or glassy, like Monday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon, but the wave heights are tiny—around 2 ft—so it’s just small, surfable, but very ordinary stuff.

The second week looks pretty grim. The swell stays small, under 3 ft, and the wind is constantly cross or cross-onshore, making it choppy and lumpy. It’s not looking good at all. By the 17th and 18th, the wind is getting fresh, and the swell direction shifts to the south-east, but the period is short (5-6 seconds), so the waves will be messy and weak. The cross-shore and cross-onshore winds will make it a battle.

There’s a bit of a pulse on the 19th of August (Wednesday) with a 5 ft swell from the east, but the wind is a strong cross-shore, and conditions are poor. The energy is strong (263), but it’s going to be a lumpy, choppy mess. This one’s more for the experts, and even then, it’s not going to be pretty. The short period (8 seconds) won’t help either.

So, to sum it up: the only real standout is Sunday morning, the 9th of August. Get out there early for clean, glassy waist-high waves. After that, it’s a long stretch of poor to ordinary conditions right through to the end of the forecast. There’s a big gap of near-zero quality surf from the 10th onwards. For a spot that’s normally consistent, this is a pretty lean run, but forecasts can always change.

Rusty.

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