Weather Forecast
24.70°C
Current Temperature
4.00km/h
Wind speed
26.56°C
Water Temperature
0.87m
Swell
1.59m
Tide
10/11
UV
Point Lookout is the name of the headland that forms the north-eastern tip of North Stradbroke Island. It is also the name of the settlement that straddles the north-eastern tip of the island and of the surf lifesaving club, established in 1947, that patrols the beach immediately south of the headland. The main Point Lookout beach (1588A) runs south for 33 km to Jumpinpin Inlet. The waves maintain a 200 m wide double bar system, with the inner bar usually attached to the beach and cut by deep rip channels every 200 to 300 m. A deep trough parallels this bar, with the outer bar on its seaward side cut by more widely spaced rips. The beach continues like this all the way to Jumpinpin Inlet, only changing its name to Blue Lake beach (1588B) 6 km south of Point Lookout. On an average day, up to 150 rips will be operating along the beach. In addition, there are permanent rips running out of the South Headland pocket beach and the northern end of Point Lookout beach, below the surf club, together with a rock reef in the rip channel.
Beach Length: 0.006km
General Hazard Rating: 6/10

Patrolled Beach Flag Patrols

Sun
24 Mar
Mon
18 Mar
Tue
19 Mar
Wed
20 Mar
Thu
21 Mar
Fri
22 Mar
Sat
23 Mar
Point Lookout SLSC
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08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
Main Beach (North Stradbroke Island) (Lifeguards)
08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
08:00 -17:00
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Information

Formal parking area
Showers
Change Rooms
Mobile Phone Coverage
Toilets Block M/F
Passenger ferry
Bus
Vehicle ferry

Regulations

Camping Prohibited
No Littering
Surfcraft Prohibited
No Removing Shellfish
Fires Prohibited
No Dogs Allowed

Hazards

High surf
Large unexpected waves
Gutters
Fixed rips
Flash rips
High Tide Range
Rocks
Uneven ground
Long beach
Beach erosion
Accessible Rock Platforms

Weather

SLSA provides this information as a guide only. Surf conditions are variable and therefore this information should not be relied upon as a substitute for observation of local conditions and an understanding of your abilities in the surf. SLSA reminds you to always swim between the red and yellow flags and never swim at unpatrolled beaches. SLSA takes all care and responsibility for any translation but it cannot guarantee that all translations will be accurate.