Castaways Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 AEST
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Castaways Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castaways Beach sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castaways Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castaways Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (13 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Castaways Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999988888881085555666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30714512411911658574343424140312123222326272830354343
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
1.67
12:08AM
1.23
1:26PM
1.63
1:34AM
1.11
2:56PM
1.64
3:20AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.35
6:37PM
0.63
6:18AM
0.44
8:19PM
0.70
7:36AM
0.52
9:58PM
0.65
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise5:48-------5:47-------5:46-------
Sunset---5:38-------5:39-------5:39----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C171919201919181817202019191817171720202019181716
Feels °C (?)161717171718171716181817171716171718181818171616
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Castaways Beach (fresh winds from the SE at Sunrise Beach 2 km from Castaways Beach). 1.0m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.8m 9s swell from the SE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the E as well as a 0.2m 6s windswell from the NE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 29 min ago

35 km/h
SE
Cross-On
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