Maroochydore

QLD Sunshine Coast Cotton Tree Directions

Weather Forecast

19.30°C

Current Temperature

11.00km/h

Wind speed

20.60°C

Water Temperature

0.78m

Swell

1.51m

Tide

5/11

Maroochydore beach (1545A) is patrolled by the Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club. This is one of the oldest in Queensland, having been founded on New Years Day in 1916. The club is located at the end of the main street and there is a large car park adjacent to the club house, with a fenced foredune backing the beach. Rips are common along the beach, so stay in the patrolled area. The entire beach faces east-north-east and receives waves averaging 1 m at Maroochydore, decreasing slightly toward Alexandra Headland. These produce a single bar along the beach that is cut by rips every 200 m. During and following big seas the bar may detach from the beach, forming a continuous trough that feeds the rips.

Beach Length: 0.002km

General Hazard Rating: 5/10

Patrols

Sun
28 Jul

Mon
22 Jul

Tue
23 Jul

Wed
24 Jul

Thu
25 Jul

Fri
26 Jul

Sat
27 Jul

Australian Lifeguard Service

07:30 -16:30

Information

Formal parking area

Bike path

Caravan park

Shops

Showers

Change Rooms

Mobile Phone Coverage

Toilets Block M/F

Toilets Block Disabled

Regulations

Camping Prohibited

Dog Litter Must be Picked Up

No Cats or Dogs

No Dogs Allowed

Hazards

High surf

Large unexpected waves

Heavy shorebreak

Gutters

Littoral currents

Fixed rips

Flash rips

Travelling rips

Shallow Water

Shallow Sandbars

Submerged Objects

Winds

Inlet

Beach erosion

Rocks

Slippery rocks

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.