Noosa - Sunshine Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on the table for the next couple of weeks at Noosa – Sunshine Beach.

Right, I’ll be straight with you – the whole 16-day window is pretty grim. There’s nothing that really gets the heart racing. We’ve got a long stretch from the start right through to the end with no decent surf to speak of. The first real chance of anything rideable doesn’t show up until Wednesday the 9th, and even that’s a very ordinary affair. After that, it’s a flat, messy run all the way to the 19th.

Friday the 4th kicks things off with a tiny 1 ft easterly swell, period around 9 seconds, but the combined energy is weak (48). It’s glassy in the morning, but the wave comment says “poor surf conditions” – and I’d agree, it’s just not enough to bother with. Saturday and Sunday are similar: tiny waves, mixed up with cross-shore winds, swell heights barely scraping 3 ft to 4 ft, and energy still well under 100. Monday the 7th sees a bit more size – 4 ft from the SSE – and energy climbs to 152, but the wind is cross-onshore and choppy, so it’s a messy, blown-out affair.

Then Tuesday the 8th and Wednesday the 9th are flat again. On Wednesday morning the 9th we get a tiny 1 ft SSE swell, period 9 seconds, with glassy conditions – the wave comment finally says “surfable waves but very ordinary conditions,” scoring a 1 out of 10. That’s the best on offer, and it’s still a weak, waist-high dribble. Combined energy is only 60. Honestly, it’s more of a paddle than a surf.

From Thursday the 10th onwards, things get messy and a bit wild. Thursday afternoon sees a 8 ft SSE swell with a 7-second period, and the combined energy jumps to 669 – that’s strong, no doubt – but the wind is a fresh 22 mph cross-onshore, lumpy and horrible. That kind of size with onshore wind is just a washing machine. Friday the 11th stays big at 6 ft to 6 ft from the SE, energy still high (358 to 310), but again, fresh cross-onshore winds ruin it.

The rest of the run – from the 12th to the 19th – is all small, weak swells (1.0 ft to 4 ft), with energy mostly under 100, and the wind is either cross-on or messy. There’s a brief moment on the morning of Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th with light offshore or cross-off winds and clean conditions, but the swell is tiny – 2 ft to 1.0 ft – so it’s flat, not surfable.

No standout sessions here, folks. If you’re desperate, Wednesday the 9th morning might give you a glassy, knee-high wobble, but that’s it. Otherwise, the whole 16 days is a write-off for Sunshine Beach. The water temp is sitting about average for this time of year – nothing unusual to report.

Keep the board in the car and hope the next system delivers something better.

Rusty.

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