Castaways Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 20 Jul 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
21.4° 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 9AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (20 Jul)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)888888766699998999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)90430444532162163226221197277465512543605532547546515491533531557566576
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
1.35
4:34PM
1.76
4:32AM
1.31
5:38PM
1.88
5:40AM
1.31
6:34PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.41
11:06PM
0.67
10:40AM
0.36
12:14AM
0.58
11:39AM
0.30
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:31-----
Sunset-----5:14-------5:15-------5:15--
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Rain (mm)
-------232223--111111112
Temp. °C141414171919181616151517181918181818191919201918
Feels °C (?)111111141615151414121314151515161617171717191817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the WSW at Sunrise Beach 2 km from Castaways Beach). Surf should be turning clean at Castaways Beach. 1.4m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the NE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
WSW
Clean
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