National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 01 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
25.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at National Park today?

The current surf forecast for National Park at 2PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)12121213121212121212111111101010109999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464449441555481384378319268264211169137132122777471705251383535
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
SW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise4:56-------4:58-------4:58-------
Sunset---6:43-------6:43-------6:44----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232425252323222223252525242323222224252524232221
Feels °C (?)232324252325242424252525252425252425262525252423
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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