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Happys surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
26.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Happys today?

The current surf forecast for Happys at 5PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)11111111111110101010101010101111101010106577
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2271975714784043723452983103042502121751601431281218685835660143165
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
25
NE
30
N
25
N
25
N
20
NW
5
NW
10
SSW
20
SE
15
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
1.86
9:51PM
1.38
10:12AM
1.80
10:32PM
1.42
10:49AM
1.70
11:17PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
0.30
3:43AM
0.27
4:40PM
0.31
4:27AM
0.32
5:16PM
0.32
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise5:11-------5:11-------5:13-------
Sunset---6:44-------6:44-------6:44----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C222425252323222122262724252423222425262625242424
Feels °C (?)202323242323232222262622242424242726282626252526
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