Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight up – this 16-day window for Noosa - Sunshine Beach is a tough one. We’ve got a big gap of nothing surfable to kick things off, then a whole lot of onshore wind and average conditions. The only real window of hope comes right at the very end, and even that’s a bit of a gamble.

We start with a blank run. No decent waves until the morning of Wednesday the 22nd of July. That’s a solid 12-day stretch with nothing worth paddling out for. The early days are a write-off: Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th have small, weak swell (combined energy around 317 to 451) and wonky wind, making it pretty messy. The whole first week plus is a mix of small, weak, and choppy, with a lot of cross-onshore wind. The swell does pick up from Thursday the 16th, hitting 8 ft from the SE, but it’s all short-period wind swell (7 seconds) and the wind is a fresh 19 mph cross-onshore. That’s going to be a lumpy, blown-out mess – more of a kite-surfing day than a paddle session. That lumpy energy stays high through the 18th (combined energy up to 937), but the wind doesn’t let up.

Now, the glimmer. Wednesday morning the 22nd of July is the first real chance. The wind goes glassy from the WNW, which is a huge positive. The swell is small, just 4 ft from the ENE, with a short period of 8 seconds. The combined energy is weak at 160. It’s not firing, but it’s clean. The water temp is about 69°F, which is about 2°F colder than average for this time of year – feels a bit nippy.

Thursday morning the 23rd of July is another glassy session, with a similar 3 ft from the E, period 9 seconds, and combined energy of 137. Still small, but very clean. Friday morning the 24th of July is the same story: glassy, 3 ft from the E, period 8 seconds, combined energy 141. These are the only true standouts in the whole period – tiny, clean, and uncrowded (since it’s so small). If you’re desperate for a glide, these are your only windows.

The best of the bunch is probably Wednesday morning the 22nd. The swell is a touch bigger than the others, the wind is perfect, and the break is consistent. It’s not a wave to write home about, but it’s the best on offer. The 4 ft swell from the ENE is a bit too straight for the beach break, but with the glassy conditions, it should be rideable.

After that, the weekend of the 25th and 26th looks to get messy again with a cross-off wind on Saturday morning that might clean it up a bit, but the swell is still tiny and weak.

So, in short: don’t bother for the first 12 days. The only real surf is those three glassy mornings from the 22nd to the 24th of July. They’re small, but they’re clean. The water is a bit colder than normal. That’s the call.

Rusty.

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