National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am 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
26.5° 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 2PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
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
SE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888888111111111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)545441478558573648546346275708579634584480445386401354298255234196148157
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
2.04
9:05PM
1.47
9:31AM
2.02
9:44PM
1.50
10:07AM
1.96
10:25PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
0.49
2:55AM
0.37
4:00PM
0.46
3:35AM
0.39
4:34PM
0.45
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise5:11-------5:11-------5:13-------
Sunset---6:44-------6:44-------6:44----
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C242424252424232222242424232322212226282626242423
Feels °C (?)222121212020201920232324232323222326262527242526
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