Coolum Beach Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Sunshine Coast (38 breaks) / Queensland (69 breaks) / Australia (812 breaks) / Lat Long: (26.53° S 153.09° E)

Coolum Beach Surf Forecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia
1 h 23 min ago

How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 4AM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (17 Jan) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 6s |
Afternoon (17 Jan) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
Evening (17 Jan) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Coolum Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Rating (10 max) |
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
Period(s) (?) |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Sat 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM |
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E | E | ENE | SE | SE | SE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | ESE | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | ESE |
8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
74 | 118 | 94 | 110 | 128 | 142 | 235 | 194 | 164 | 180 | 158 | 59 | 58 | 59 | 190 | 185 | 177 | 171 | 140 | 56 | 45 | 40 | 43 |
E | SSE | SE | SE | SE | SE | SE | ESE | E | E | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | NNE | NNW | WSW | W | SSE | SSE |
glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
10:32PM 1.18 | 10:47AM 1.71 | 11:18PM 1.16 | 11:25AM 1.58 | 12:07AM 1.14 | 12:04PM 1.44 | |||||||||||||||||
4:48PM 0.16 | 4:12AM 0.23 | 5:27PM 0.20 | 4:55AM 0.34 | 6:07PM 0.25 | 5:41AM 0.46 | |||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Coolum Beach which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Coolum Beach.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - |
24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 26 |
24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 26 |
- | - | - | - | 5:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:11 | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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