National Park surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at National Park today?

The current surf forecast for National Park at 5AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.6
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)121212121212121261111118613141413131314131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5049282827272714190121212181612729466160212308171100104
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
2.03
8:11AM
1.77
8:45PM
2.08
8:54AM
1.68
9:32PM
2.08
9:41AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.41
2:16PM
0.28
3:05AM
0.43
2:57PM
0.29
3:58AM
0.49
3:41PM
0.35
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:03-------6:03-------6:05---
Sunset-------5:29-------5:28-------5:27
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232220202125242323232221222323232221212121222122
Feels °C (?)222220192122212022212020212222222121202020201820
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