Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.50am Thursday 9th May 2024

Weather Forecast: The BOM is forecasting a partly cloudy day with an 80% chance of showers and a top temperature of 23-24°

Wind Forecast: 10kts S/SW early, becoming 10-15kts S/SE this morning, tending more SE during the day and reaching 15kts plus at times on the Sunshine Coast

Swell: 1-1.2m E/SE on the open beaches on the northern ends of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and along the Tweed Coast. Smaller in the bays on the north side of headlands

Tides: Mooloolaba: High @ 8.33am … Low @ 2.34pm

Snapper Rocks: High @ 8.49am … Low @ 2.35pm

Best waves: Given the forecast of fresh S/SE to SE winds, the cleanest waves will be on the points, but you could look for beach breaks early, between Maroochydore and Caloundra and Currumbin to Coolangatta, while the wind is S/SW

Best Beaches: It looks like being a partly cloudy day with a high chance of showers. As the weather cools down it’s good to be able to find beaches sheltered from the wind and with fresh SE winds forecast for today, the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Mooloolaba, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay will offer that shelter

It’ll be windy along 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 mid morning to mid afternoon ebb tide, so swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags

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