Mooloolaba surf break

Mooloolaba surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mooloolaba surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mooloolaba sea temperature is
21.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mooloolaba today?

The current surf forecast for Mooloolaba at 2AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)888788887555666666668877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)728082424441465737486671646660393232323348644770
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
SE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.79
6:23AM
1.33
6:44PM
1.81
7:02AM
1.45
7:19PM
1.79
7:38AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.33
12:15PM
0.25
1:09AM
0.26
12:58PM
0.22
1:39AM
0.21
1:37PM
0.21
Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise----5:41-------5:39-------5:39---
Sunset-------5:40-------5:42-------5:42
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------2111----
Temp. °C202019192022232220191817192323211818181717222221
Feels °C (?)212120202223232219171716192123201918181717222019
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the SSW at Kawana Beach 1482 3 km from Mooloolaba). Surf should be turning clean at Mooloolaba. 0.7m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Mooloolaba
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 2 min ago

9 km/h
SSW
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mooloolaba surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest