Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.55am Friday 17th May 2024

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with a 90% chance of showers and a top temperature of 23°

Wind Forecast: 10kts S/SW becoming 10kts Southerly early, then 10-15kts SE during the morning

Swell: 0.75-1m E/SE on the northern ends of the Sunshine and Gold Coasts and along the Tweed Coast. Smaller in the bays on the north side of headlands, particularly the inner bays at Noosa

Tides: Mooloolaba: High @ 3.33am & 4.35pm … Low 10.22am

Snapper Rocks: High @ 3.15am & 4.26pm … Low @ 10.07am

Best waves: With light S/SW winds early, look for small waves on the points and in the bays on the north side of headlands and beach breaks from Maroochydore to Caloundra and Currumbin Coolangatta. If the wind swings Southerly then SE and freshens as forecast, the points and bays on the north side of headlands will be the best options

Best Beaches: With a forecast of a partly cloudy day, with a high chance of showers, it’s not looking like a good beach day. The beaches offering shelter from the cool SE winds will be 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 early morning and afternoon ebb tides, so swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags