Happys surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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Happys surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Happys sea temperature is
21.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Happys today?

The current surf forecast for Happys at 5PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.7
NNE
0.8
N
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)775688888888878888778555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14019410311916913511910182727280824244415150373729222821
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
1.75
5:43AM
1.10
6:04PM
1.80
6:28AM
1.24
6:44PM
1.82
7:07AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
0.37
12:08AM
0.35
11:17AM
0.31
12:44AM
0.27
12:09PM
0.27
1:16AM
0.22
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------5:41-------5:41-------5:39-
Sunset-5:40-------5:40-------5:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242321212020212121201919191818202120191918181822
Feels °C (?)222120201920222020191919201919212119181817161721
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Happys (strong winds from the N at Golden Beach 1582 4 km from Happys). 0.9m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 42 min ago

43 km/h
N
Cross-Shore
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