Coolum Beach surf break

Coolum Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Coolum Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coolum Beach sea temperature is
26.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 2PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)99999991010101011121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10101084105610121080110410651180120589210191164146215131513136512721018858828655582505436
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
1.08
12:33AM
1.57
12:58PM
0.96
1:53AM
1.52
2:37PM
0.92
3:15AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.37
5:32PM
0.29
7:31AM
0.44
6:41PM
0.39
9:08AM
0.43
8:13PM
0.45
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---5:54-------5:53-------5:52----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111111-----------------
Temp. °C222425242323222121242625232221212125282524222121
Feels °C (?)212323222223222121242626252524242428292625232121
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Coolum Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest