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National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 18 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: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (19 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
NE
0.5
E
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)88786666777788777788881111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66634433219247293302408543606696760657552440520585567446306275574743
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
1.40
8:24AM
2.04
8:28PM
1.44
8:57AM
2.04
9:05PM
1.47
9:31AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40AM
0.39
2:55PM
0.53
2:17AM
0.37
3:27PM
0.49
2:55AM
0.37
4:00PM
0.46
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----5:11-------5:11-------5:11---
Sunset-------6:44-------6:44-------6:44
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11--------1-------------
Temp. °C242424242426262624242424242526252424232121242425
Feels °C (?)242424232224242422212120202122212020201818222224
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