Old Woman Island - South Side Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Sunshine Coast (38 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (26.63° S 153.11° E)

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Old Woman Island - South Side surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 AEST

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Old Woman Island - South Side surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Old Woman Island - South Side sea temperature is 19.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Old Woman Island - South Side today?

The current surf forecast for Old Woman Island - South Side at 8AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

Table - waves today at Old Woman Island - South Side. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	SSE	E	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	E	SE	ESE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	9	6	9	9	7	9	14	14	14	8	8	13	8	11	10	10	10	10	12	9	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	158	176	61	215	64	53	46	70	76	178	55	301	238	16	327	18	11	10	16	4	3	46	125	31
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	W	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			5:42AM 1.18				6:25PM 1.89				6:34AM 1.27					7:09PM 1.94				7:18AM 1.35				7:49PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16AM 0.48				11:33AM 0.26					1:02AM 0.39			12:25PM 0.19					1:41AM 0.32				1:12PM 0.15

	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	4	4	3	6	8	5	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	19	20	20	19	18
Feels °C (?)	14	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	21	20	20	19	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Old Woman Island - South Side (light winds from the SW at Maroochydore Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Old Woman Island - South Side). 1.7m 6s windswell from the E with a 0.9m 6s windswell, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
46 minutes ago Old Woman Island - South Side

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Actual: 46 min ago

7 km/h

Clean

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