Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.40am Tuesday 30th April 2024

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy, with a 50% chance of showers and a top temperature of 25°

Wind Forecast: 10kts SW early, becoming 10-12kts S/SE during the morning and swinging SE in the afternoon

Swell: 0.75-1m Easterly

Tides: Mooloolaba: Low @ 7.22am & 6.07pm … High @ 12.26pm

Snapper Rocks: Low @ 7.05am & 6.15pm … High @ 12.43pm

Best waves: It looks another day of light SW winds early, becoming S/SE then SE during the morning. There’s clean waves on the points. The Gold Coast Pro is scheduled at Snapper Rocks through Rainbow Bay until May 4^th.. If it’s on today, you’ll have to surf outside the contest area, or at Currumbin Alley or Burleigh. On the Sunshine Coast, it’s really small in the inner bays at Noosa, but there’s little longboard play waves on the lower parts of the tide and The Bluff at Alex and Moffats are other options. Early, while the wind is light SW look for beach breaks on the open beaches

Best Beaches: In the forecast light to moderate S/SE or SE winds, the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay will be the most pleasant and safest beaches. There’s inshore holes and gutters along the open stretches of beach and any rips and sweep working around those features will be enhanced as the water drains off the beach on the afternoon ebb tide, so despite the small swell, make sure you swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags