Coolum Beach surf break

Coolum Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 07 Mar 2026 AEST
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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
26.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 6PM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
2
SE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)999998888888678887889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5935755174634424023592732382122202713315626456795275847499201388126612271108
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.41
10:37PM
1.48
10:37AM
1.25
11:16PM
1.42
11:13AM
1.10
12:04AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
0.27
4:13PM
0.19
4:46AM
0.37
4:42PM
0.28
5:32AM
0.48
5:14PM
0.37
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise5:43-------5:43-------5:43-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:12-------6:10----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12232----112235421111---
Temp. °C252525252425242424252724242423232424252523242222
Feels °C (?)272727272627262626262725242422232424252522232121
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