Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.50am Thursday 2nd May 2024

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy, with a 70% chance of showers on the Gold Coast and 90% chance on the Sunshine Coast and a top temperature of 23°

Wind Forecast: 10-15kts S/SW early, becoming Southerly during the morning, swinging SE during the day and freshening to 15kts plus in the afternoon

Swell: 0.5-1m E/SE

Tides: Mooloolaba: Low @ 9.44am & … High @ 3.24pm

Snapper Rocks: Low @ 9.44am … High @ 3.25pm

Best waves: There’s small clean waves on the points and you could look for early beach breaks while the wind is S/SW between Maroochydore and Caloundra and Currumbin to Coolangatta. 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 once again, really tiny in the inner the bays at Noosa, but you could check the outer bays for a bit more size on the lower parts of the tide and The Bluff at Alex and Moffats are worth a look, but are small and lacking power

Best Beaches: There’s a medium to high chance of showers, so not the best beach day.  If you are going to the beach, in the forecast moderate to fresh SE winds, the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay will offer shelter from the cool wind and be the safest beaches for a swim. There’s inshore holes and gutters along the open stretches of beach and any rips and sweep working around those features, despite the small tides, will be enhanced as the water drains off the beach on the morning and late afternoon ebb tides, so swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags