National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEST
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National Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's National Park sea temperature is
26.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at National Park today?

The current surf forecast for National Park at 2AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
1
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)777777778888867777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)777763868963797213164666145303471466453508585773725684551440
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.36
7:50AM
2.00
7:50PM
1.40
8:24AM
2.04
8:28PM
1.44
8:57AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.43
2:22PM
0.59
1:40AM
0.39
2:55PM
0.53
2:17AM
0.37
3:27PM
0.49
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----5:09-------5:11-------5:11---
Sunset-------6:44-------6:44-------6:44
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1111-----------
Temp. °C262525252627272725242424242626262424242424252525
Feels °C (?)302929282930292926252424232424242222212020212122
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