Kings Beach surf break

Kings Beach surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEST
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Kings Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kings Beach sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kings Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kings Beach at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
Period(s) (?)7777777777888871096666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8282796466686567696711363636462160113120171256306385375318
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
1.19
7:54AM
1.83
8:00PM
1.24
8:28AM
1.88
8:37PM
1.29
9:02AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
0.44
1:07AM
0.27
2:29PM
0.37
1:46AM
0.24
3:02PM
0.33
2:24AM
0.23
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------5:09-------5:09-------5:09-
Sunset-6:45-------6:45-------6:45------
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1------1222-11----11--
Temp. °C272725252525252728262424242423242625242423232424
Feels °C (?)303027292929292930272526262623222523232321212120
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