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National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am 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 1PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)787777777777878887988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)485510299998284897979454568768155115134162205201196370435
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.93
7:10PM
1.36
7:50AM
2.00
7:50PM
1.40
8:24AM
2.04
8:28PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.67
1:03AM
0.43
2:22PM
0.59
1:40AM
0.39
2:55PM
0.53
2:17AM
0.37
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise5:09-------5:09-------5:11-------
Sunset---6:44-------6:44-------6:44----
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Rain (mm)
--1-31--11-1121---------
Temp. °C252827272525252525262726252424242526262624242323
Feels °C (?)303229292829292928282827262323222323232422222020
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