Coolum Beach surf break

Coolum Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
26.0° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 11AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (02 Dec)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)99997891010109874555566510105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29291717172553246241185129104693236373133343420191921
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
1.65
5:25PM
1.34
6:14AM
1.82
6:20PM
1.29
7:03AM
1.95
7:14PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
0.30
11:36PM
0.01
12:46PM
0.20
12:22AM
-0.02
1:41PM
0.13
1:08AM
-0.03
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise4:46-------4:46-------4:46-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:27-------6:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212528282221202021242323222220212224242322212019
Feels °C (?)161924251919191920222121212221222223232222212120
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