Coolum Beach surf break

Coolum Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 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
26.2° 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: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SE
2.5
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)101010101111111111111111111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107711728209431126116711671064949843828731634505314326212170167133102969494
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.96
1:53AM
1.52
2:37PM
0.92
3:15AM
1.53
4:06PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
0.44
6:41PM
0.39
9:08AM
0.43
8:13PM
0.45
10:26AM
0.35
9:43PM
0.42
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:54-------
Sunset---5:53-------5:52-------5:52----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212426252322212121252825242321212127312823191615
Feels °C (?)212426262625242423272826252421222126302617141211
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