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National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 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
26.6° 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 6AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
1.1
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)88881111111111111010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)558605532299734102771364552348044538639434729825522919217119214512221394
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
W
10
SW
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononcrosscrossonononcross-
on		crossoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
1.47
9:31AM
2.02
9:44PM
1.50
10:07AM
1.96
10:25PM
1.53
10:44AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
0.37
4:00PM
0.46
3:35AM
0.39
4:34PM
0.45
4:17AM
0.45
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----5:11-------5:13-------5:13---
Sunset-------6:44-------6:44-------6:43
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423212224252523232222222728262624242324262626
Feels °C (?)212020192022232423242423232827252624252627282727
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