Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.50am Thursday 23rd May 2024

Weather Forecast: Sunny, with a top temperature of 23°

Wind Forecast: 5-10kts S/SW early, becoming 10-15kts this morning, swinging S/SE during the day

Swell: The run of small swell continues, which happens at this time of year. It’s about 0.75m E/SE on the northern ends of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts Coast and along the Tweed Coast and smaller in the bays on the north side of headlands. It’s almost flat in the inner bays at Noosa

Tides: Mooloolaba: High @ 7.30am & 8.17pm … Low 1.30pm

Snapper Rocks: High @ 7.27am & 7.55pm … Low @ 1.15pm

Best waves: With light S/SW winds early, look for small waves on the beach breaks between Maroochydore and Caloundra and Currumbin to Coolangatta and on the points, Due to the morning high tide, the points are a bit full, but should improve either side of low tide, when there’s less water on the banks and will be the best options if the wind swings S/SE and freshens as forecast 

Best Beaches: The forecast SW/SE winds are chilly and the beaches offering best shelter in winds from that direction are the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Mooloolaba, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay. It won’t be as pleasant on the open stretches of beach and there’s inshore holes and gutters along them. Any rips and sweep working around those features, will be enhanced as the water drains off the beach on the morning to early afternoon ebb tide, so swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags