Mooloolaba Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.68° S 153.12° E

Mooloolaba 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Mooloolaba sea temperature is
21.1°C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Mooloolaba today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mooloolaba at 5AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
NE
7
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.8
SE
5
0.7
SE
5
0.6
ESE
6
0.5
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.3
E
8
0.1
E
15
2.5
SE
7
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.3
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
14
14
14
32
30
20
17
46
47
86
12
4
648
776
676
554
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
5
SSW
10
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:18PM1.91m
6:34AM1.41m
7:02PM1.94m
7:17AM1.53m
7:42PM1.92m
Low Tide
00:49AM0.29m
12:29PM0.16m
1:26AM0.22m
1:17PM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
 mm
2
2
2
1
Temp °C
19
19
17
16
16
19
19
20
18
17
17
17
17
18
18
19
18
17
Feels °C
15
16
15
14
14
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
14
13
12
13
12
11
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