Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.55am Saturday 4th May 2024

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy, with a 60-70% chance of showers and a top temperature of 24°

Wind Forecast: 5-10kts S/SW early, becoming Southerly during the morning, swinging SE during the day and easing to 10kts Easterly on the Sunshine Coast this afternoon

Swell: 1-1.5m E/SE on the northern ends of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and along the Tweed Coast. 1-1.2m E/SE in the bays on the northern side of headlands

Tides: Mooloolaba: High @ 4.45am & 5.23pm … Low @ 11.21am

Snapper Rocks: High @ 4.45am & 5.30pm … Low @ 11.22am

Best waves: There’s fun 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 today^.. If it’s on, you’ll have to surf outside the contest area, or at Currumbin Alley or Burleigh. On the Sunshine Coast, it’s small 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. The Bluff at Alex and Moffats are worth a look

Best Beaches: There’s a medium to high chance of showers, so a mixed bag for the beach. If you are going, in the forecast moderate SE winds, the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay will offer shelter from the 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