From the Coastwatch Vault this Clint Hempsall dive site profile on Flinders Reef off Cape Moreton The post Diving Flinders Reef appeared first on Coastwatch.

Wind: 5-10kt SW/S winds early forecast to become 10kts E/NE on the Sunshine Coast and 10-15kts N/NE on the Gold Coast during the day Swell: Easterly: 0.75-1m on the Gold Coast & 1-1.2m on the Sunshine Coast Tides: Low 6.30am & 7pm … High 12.30pm Best waves: Based on today’s wind forecast the best quality… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Rep...

The southern Spanish mackerel closed seasons for east coast waters south of latitude 22˚S (located slightly north of Stanage Bay between Mackay and Yeppoon) to the NSW border are from 1st to 21st of February and 1st to 21st of March. Recent heavy rain caused flash flooding in the catchments of the rivers and creeks… Continue reading 1 February 202...

Wind: 10kt SW/SE winds early forecast to become 10-15kts SE reaching 15-20kts this afternoon Swell: 1m Easterly with bigger set waves Tides: Low 5.45am & 6.15pm … High Midday Best waves: Gold Coast: With S/SW winds early forecast to become SE during the day the cleanest waves are on the points At Burleigh Currumbin Alley … Continue reading Gold &...

Wind: 10kt S/SE winds early forecast to become 10-15kts SE reaching 15-25kts this afternoon Swell: 1m Easterly on the beaches but it looks like a SE swell is building offshore Tides: Low 5am & 6pm … High 11.30am Best waves: The swell has picked up a bit but is still small and lacking power. With… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Report Issue...

Wind: 10kt S/SE winds early forecast to become 10-15kts SE reaching 15-25kts this afternoon Swell: 1m Easterly on the beaches but it looks like a SE swell is building offshore Tides: Low 5am & 6pm … High 11.30am Best waves: The swell has picked up a bit is still small and lacking power. With Southerly… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Report...

Wind: 10kt S/SE winds early forecast to become 10-15kts SE possibly reaching 15-20kts this afternoon Swell: 0.5-1m SE/E. With SE winds forecast for the next few days it may increase a bit Tides: Low 4.15am & 5.15pm … High 11am Best waves: If you’ve got a long drive to get to the beach save the… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Report Issued...

From the Coastwatch Vault this John Charlton story was on the swell generated by an east coast low which formed off the southern Queensland Coast in the first week of February 1999. The post Surfing History: Big Swell – February 1999 appeared first on Coastwatch.

Wind: 10kt S/SE winds early forecast to become 10-15kts SE during the day and tending Easterly this afternoon Swell: 0.5-1m E/SE Tides: High 10.15am … Low 4.45pm Best waves: Another day of small swell and not much on offer for surfers apart from small sliders on the points and in the bays on the north… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Report...

Wind: A 10-15kt Southerly change with accompanying showers and storms pushed slowly up the SE Qld Coast overnight. It’s currently moving through Moreton Bay toward the Sunshine Coast. Winds ahead of the change are light N/NW. Swell: 0.5-1m E/NE Tides: High 10am … Low 4.15pm Best waves: The swell is uneven and lacking power. Look… Continue reading...

Wind: Light NW/N early becoming 10-15kts N/NE during the morning Swell: 0.75-1m E/NE Tides: High 9.15am … Low 3.45pm Best waves: Wave quality is poor. The swell is an even mix of East and NE and although winds are light NW/N this morning there’s still a bit of bump on the water due to last… Continue reading Gold & Sunshine Coast Report Issued 5.30...

Introducing Rod Figueredo! (“Weatherman Rod”) and the weekly coastal conditions and weather outlook for the Australia Day Weekend. In this video we get to hear a bit about Rod’s amazing career on and in the water his feelings about taking on the Coastwatch role and a walk through of weather apps and conditions to help… Continue reading Introducing...

Wind: Gold Coast: Light NW/N early becoming 10-15kts N/NE during the morning Sunshine Coast: Light E/NE early becoming 10-15kts NE during the morning Swell: 0.75-1m E/NE Tides: High 8.45am … Low 3.15pm Best waves: Gold Coast: There’s a few waves on the points early but they’ll become full with the big incoming tide. The other… Continue reading Gol...

Hervey Bay Longtail tuna spanish and spotty mackerel feeding deep off Rooney Point and in Platypus Bay grassy sweetlip coral trout cod and blackall on the deep inshore reefs coral trout grunter bream and cod on the shallow reefs trevally off the Urangan Jetty dart whiting and grunter bream along the town beaches flathead at… Continue reading 25 Ja...

Wind: Gold Coast: Light SW/NW early becoming 10-15kts N/NE during the morning Sunshine Coast: Light Easterly becoming 10-15kts NE during the morning Swell: 1m E/NE early becoming NE during the day Tides: High 8am … Low 2.30pm Best waves: Gold Coast: It’s already too full on the points with the big incoming tide so look… Continue reading Gold & Sun...

One of the best things you can do regarding beach safety is learn to read the beach. It’s a good idea before you go down onto the beach to pause on higher ground and study the beach formations like sand banks and inshore gutters and look for any water movement in or around them. A… Continue reading Learn to Read the Beach The post Learn to Read th...

In the times before the internet mobile phones and surf cams surfers had to rely on being able to read and interpret weather charts to ascertain wind strength and direction and swell size and direction. Learning these skills and building a knowledge bank on the areas they mostly surfed in led to developing a formula… Continue reading The Surf & Be...

From the Coastwatch Vault a look at some of the creatures that can make a trip to the beach an unpleasant experience if you encounter them. The post Summer Beach Nasties appeared first on Coastwatch.

Wind: Light NW/N early becoming 15kts N/NE during the morning and freshening to 20-25kts this afternoon Swell: 0.5-1m E/NE Tides: Low 2.45am & 4.15pm … High 9.45am Best waves: In NW/NE winds the best waves will be beach breaks on the south side of headlands and Southport Spit particularly this morning while the winds are… Continue reading Gold & S...

The annual barramundi closed season along Queensland’s east coast starts from midday 1st November to midday 1st February 2024 except in stocked impoundments. Hervey Bay Bar cod pearl perch snapper and jobfish in 200 metres spanish mackerel and trevally on the shoals east of Breaksea Spit grassy sweetlip coral trout and cod on the deep… Continue re...