National Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.38° S 153.10° E

Issued: 3 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's National Park sea temperature is

20.2° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at National Park today (28 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for National Park at 7PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 28				Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	1 PM	4 PM	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 6	NE 7	E 6	NE 7	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	30	20	20	19	17	17	8	12	18	17	19	30	31	34	42	44	46	33	33	34
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	E	NE	NW	W	W	W	E	E	NNE	WNW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	glassy	on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide				7:35PM1.91m				7:39AM1.33m				8:09PM1.94m				8:17AM1.37m				8:41PM1.94m
Low Tide	12:49PM0.41m					2:09AM0.53m				1:27PM0.37m				2:41AM0.46m				2:04PM0.35m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:19	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	18	21	20	19	18	17	15	15	16	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	17	18	17	18	17	16	14	18	20	18	19	17	14	11	11	12	15	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	NE 5	SE 6	E 6	NE 7	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	6	20	20	19	17	17	7	8	18	14	17	30	31	34	42	44	46	32	31	30
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	SE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 13	NE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 13
kJ	25	6	6	7	7	8	8	12	13	17	19	17	16	17	17	34	34	9	15	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SSE 8	E 6	ESE 13	SSE 7	ESE 13	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	—
kJ	4	13	12	12	12	12	6	7	17	5	17	5	5	5	5	2	4	33	33	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 6	—	—	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 3	SSE 3	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 5
kJ	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	1	1	5	14	29	60
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast	Fraser Island - Waddy Point QLD - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Fraser Island - Maheno Wreck QLD - North Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Noosa - First Point QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Sunshine Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Boiling Pot QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Boiling Pot QLD - Sunshine Coast	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Boiling Pot QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Johnsons QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	159	194	194	49	49	126	49	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sunshine Coast	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay								Twinnies	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	The groyne	Wurtulla	Twinnies	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - First Point	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay
Rating (10 max)	1								1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Cape St Martin South Africa	Doring Bay South Africa	Etang-Sale Reunion	Punta Palmilla Mexico	Chameau Mauritius	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Ala Moana Bowls United States	Bancoora Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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