Coolum Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.53° S 153.09° E

Coolum Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Coolum Beach sea temperature is
20.2° C
1.3° 

Coolum Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Coolum Beach today (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Coolum Beach at 5AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SE
11
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.3
SE
10
1.4
SE
12
1.3
SE
12
1.3
SE
11
1.2
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
10
0.7
ESE
13
1.2
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
11
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
ESE
11
0.9
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
880
240
226
650
553
509
433
369
533
478
411
338
293
249
188
160
384
359
335
273
273
204
196
154
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:18AM1.15m
4:30PM1.59m
4:32AM1.11m
5:31PM1.74m
5:41AM1.11m
Low Tide
9:50PM0.52m
9:37AM0.21m
11:10PM0.42m
10:38AM0.16m
00:18AM0.31m
11:37AM0.10m
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:08
5:09
5:09
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
15
15
14
15
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
15
18
17
16
16
15
14
14
17
21
22
Feels °C
15
14
12
13
12
13
15
15
15
14
14
12
13
14
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
15
18
20
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