Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it for Noosa – Sunshine Beach.

It’s a bit of a rough start, I won’t lie. We’ve got a long stretch of poor surf conditions staring us down from Wednesday the 29th of July all the way through to the morning of Wednesday the 12th of August. That’s a solid two-week gap where there’s basically nothing worth paddling out for. The winds are cross or cross-onshore, the swell is small and weak, and most of the time it’s just messy and chopped up. The energy in the water is either weak or moderate on a few days, but it’s never clean enough to do anything with.

Water temp is sitting at 69°F, which is about average for the time of year – nothing special.

Now, if you're patient and you’re checking the long-range, there’s a little window that shows some promise. On Thursday, the 13th of August, the morning session might finally give us something surfable. We’ve got a light offshore flow from the WSW at 6 mph, a clean 3ft swell pushing in from the east with a solid 11-second period. The combined energy jumps up to 197 – that’s moderate but it has some grunt behind it. It's not going to be epic, but after all that nothingness, it’ll feel like a gift.

The real standout? The afternoon of Thursday the 13th is where I’d be circling. Glassy conditions – zero wind – with the same 3ft east swell but now the period is still 11 seconds and the energy has climbed to 280. The guidance says “expect good surf conditions,” and with that glassy surface, Sunshine Beach should actually have some clean, lined-up waves. It’ll be small but fun, and with only a light breeze all day, the crowd might not be too bad – just a “sometimes” thing.

If you’re not a beginner, that Thursday is your day. It’s small enough for anyone, but the quality will be there.

Keep an eye on that Thursday, mates. It’s a long wait but it’s the best we’ve got.

Rusty.

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