Coolum Beach surf break

Coolum Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 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
21.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 4PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)888888888888555855677788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1017478827054444140464431303632163429313528283946
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
1.68
6:19AM
1.25
6:30PM
1.71
6:57AM
1.35
7:06PM
1.71
7:31AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21AM
0.29
12:30AM
0.17
12:08PM
0.22
1:02AM
0.12
12:49PM
0.18
1:31AM
0.09
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------5:41-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset-5:40-------5:42-------5:42------
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------53-----
Temp. °C232120201919192224222019181819232418171717161622
Feels °C (?)222121222020212424211918181819222318181717161622
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Coolum Beach (light winds from the SW at Maroochydore Automatic Weather Station 8 km from Coolum Beach). 0.8m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
SW
Clean
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