Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get stuck into this Noosa stretch.

Honestly, it’s gonna be a tough slog for the next week and a half. Sunshine Beach is looking at a long stretch of mediocrity, with only a couple of tiny windows where you might get a half-decent paddle. The overall pattern is weak, wind-affected, and just not doing us any favours.

For the first week, from Monday the 27th of July right through to the end of the month, it’s pretty grim. We’re looking at tiny swells, mostly under 2ft, with a lot of cross-shore and cross-onshore winds. The combined swell energy is weak, barely cracking 100 (25-88). The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no shock there, but you’ll be suiting up anyway.

The first real glimmer comes on Wednesday the 29th of July. The morning session has a tiny 3ft easterly swell, but the key is the offshore WSW breeze at 3 mph. That’ll clean it right up. It’s only a short-period swell (6 seconds), so it’ll be a bit crumbly, but it’s the cleanest we’ll see for a while. The wave energy is still weak (59), but for a quick froth, it’s the only game in town.

Skip the weekend. Friday the 31st of July through Sunday the 2nd of August gets messy. Swell bumps up to 5ft-6ft, and you’d think that’d be good, but the wind turns ugly. 15-18 mph SSE winds smashing cross-on, making it choppy and lumpy. The combined energy jumps into the moderate range (198-289), but the quality is a write-off. This is more of a kite-surfing setup than a paddle-surfing one.

The next standout, and your best bet in the whole 16-day window, is on Wednesday the 5th of August. The morning shows a solid 6ft swell from the SE, with a gentle S cross-shore breeze at 9 mph. The combined energy hits 432, which is a proper punch. The catch? The period is a short 7 seconds, so it’ll be a bit lumpy and won’t have the best shape. Still, 6ft with clean-ish conditions is the most size you’ll see all period. The difficulty is intermediate, so it’s not for beginners, but for anyone who’s comfortable, that morning session is the one to circle on the calendar.

After that, it drops off again. The second week from the 6th of August onwards is a slow fade back to tiny, weak swells and more cross-shore wind. The 11th of August has a tiny 1ft easterly swell with a clean NW cross-offshore breeze, but it’s just not enough to get excited about.

So, to wrap it up: the only true standouts are Wednesday the 29th of July for a clean, tiny wave, and Wednesday the 5th of August for the biggest, cleanest swell of the run. Everything else is a bit of a battle.

Rusty.

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