Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.55am Saturday 18th May 2024

Weather Forecast: Sunshine Coast: Mostly sunny, with 20% chance of showers and a top temperature of 24°

Gold Coast: A mostly sunny morning, with a 70% chance of showers and possibly storms, most likely late in the afternoon and a top temperature of 24°

Wind Forecast: 5-10kts SW early, becoming 10-15kts S/SW during the morning, and about 10kts S/SE this afternoon

Swell: 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 @ 4.21am & 5.20pm … Low 10.59am

Snapper Rocks: High @ 4.10am & 5.15pm … Low @ 10.50am …

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 SW/SE during the morning and freshens as forecast, the points and bays on the north side of headlands will be the best options

Best Beaches: The SW/SE winds will be cool and the best beaches offering shelter the wind 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 morning ebb tide, so swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags

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