Coolum Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.53° S 153.09° E

Coolum Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Coolum Beach sea temperature is
20.4° C
0.9° 

Coolum Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 10AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SSE
7
2.2
SSE
8
2.4
SSE
8
2.4
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
8
3
SSE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.3
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2
SE
6
1.9
SE
6
2.1
SE
7
2.2
SE
7
2.2
SSE
7
2.1
SSE
7
2.1
SSE
8
1.8
SE
8
2.1
SSE
9
3
SE
10
3.5
SE
10
3.5
SE
10
4
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
455
546
714
753
811
730
1082
1162
883
514
385
321
303
370
412
450
478
531
437
707
1636
2274
2866
3156
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:18AM1.27m
9:40PM1.98m
10:07AM1.29m
10:23PM1.87m
10:56AM1.30m
Low Tide
3:37AM0.03m
3:03PM0.02m
4:20AM0.03m
3:51PM0.11m
5:00AM0.07m
4:39PM0.23m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
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rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:12
5:13
 mm
4
1
2
3
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
16
17
16
15
14
17
17
16
17
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
16
19
18
17
17
Feels °C
9
9
8
10
11
11
9
10
13
13
13
14
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
11
13
13
12
12
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