Gold & Sunshine Coast Report issued at 5.30am Thursday 11th April 2024

Weather Forecast: Sunny with a top temperature of 26 degrees

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

Swell: There’s a solid Southerly swell in offshore waters and it’s refracting onto the Gold and Sunshine beaches at about 0.75-1.2m E/SE. It’s a bit bigger on the Tweed and Byron Coasts

Tides: Mooloolaba: Low @ 3.50am & 3.44pm … High 9.40am

Snapper Rocks: Low @ 4am & 3.45pm … High 9.52am

Best waves: With light S/SW winds this morning, look for beach breaks from Maroochydore to Caloundra and Currumbin to Coolangatta. The points will be worth checking early on the lower part of the tide, but will become too full either side of the mid morning high tide, improving in the afternoon as the tide falls off. If the wind swings Southerly, then S/SE as forecast, the points will be the best options

Best Beaches: It should be a sunny day and the most pleasant beaches in the forecast S/SE winds, will be the bays on the north side of the headlands at Noosa, Mooloolaba, Burleigh, Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay. There are inshore holes and gutters along the beaches, particularly the open stretches and on the ebb tide from late morning to mid afternoon, any rips and sweep working around those holes and gutters will be enhanced, as the water drains off the beach, so make sure you swim in the patrolled areas marked by the red and yellow flags