Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, mate, Rusty here—let’s have a yarn about this stretch of coast. It’s looking pretty bleak for the next couple of weeks, I won’t lie to you. Lots of onshore wind and messy, cross-choppy conditions on the menu. Don’t get your hopes up too early.

The start of it all kicks off Monday morning with a lumpy 4ft of short-period NNE swell, but a moderate cross-offshore breeze is going to leave it a bit crumbly. The energy is weak (241), and honestly, it’s not worth paddling out for. By Monday afternoon, the wind drops but the swell bumps up to 5ft, still short-period, and the energy jumps to 442. It’s clean-ish, but the tide and shape are questionable. Not the one.

Tuesday sees the swell drop right away to 2ft, but the period stretches out to 9 seconds. Morning glass is off-shore and light, so it’ll be clean, but the energy is weak (116). It’s surfable, but very ordinary. Same story Wednesday morning—2ft, 9 seconds, glassy, but the energy is barely there (83). You’re looking at ankle-biters unless you’re on a longboard.

Then we hit a rough patch. From Thursday (13th) through to the 19th, it’s onshore winds, cross-chop, and deteriorating quality. The swell does push back up—Thursday the 17th sees 6ft, and the 19th has 7ft—but the wind is straight out of the southeast, trashing the surface. The wave comment keeps saying “poor surf conditions,” and that’s exactly what it is. The energy gets stronger (up to 434 on the 19th), but it’s all windswell and slop. If you’re a kitesurfer, this might be your window, because for paddle surfing, it’s a write-off.

The second week isn’t much better. From the 20th to the 23rd, we’ve got persistent southeast winds, moderate to fresh, and lumpy, cross-onshore surf. Swell heights sit around 5ft to 6ft, with periods of 7 to 10 seconds. The energy builds—by Sunday the 23rd morning it’s pushing 569—but it’s still messy. The wind is just too much for it to be any good.

Finally, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. On the 24th, the wind drops right off, but the swell is still only 4ft and the morning is cross-shore with light ripples. Marginal at best. The real standout is on Tuesday the 25th. The wind swings to the west-northwest, giving us a cross-offshore breeze, the swell settles at a clean 4ft, and the period is a solid 9 seconds. The energy is moderate (246), and the conditions look like they’ll finally line up. That morning is your best bet of the whole run—clean, workable, and worth getting out of bed for. It’s a long way out, so don’t book the week off yet, but that’s the one to keep an eye on.

So, look at the bigger picture: most of this fortnight is a right-off for any decent paddle surfing. The 25th is the only day that really stands out. If you can’t wait that long, the Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at the start have clean, rideable waves, but they’re small. Keep it realistic, and keep the faith.

Rusty.

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