Overview

Sunshine Beach is a kitesurfing spot located on the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland. This beach offers ocean wave conditions south of Noosa, in an upscale residential setting. The spot works with the southeast trade winds. Exposed ocean beach with waves. Suitable for advanced riders. Powerful currents and waves. Pleasant residential setting with some amenities.

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Spot forecast for Sunshine Beach

Sunrise 05:07 · Sunset 17:56

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Swell and waves

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 3.6 km from the spot.

Tuesday 20 October High tide 03:35 · 1 m Low tide 08:55 · 0.6 m High tide 15:45 · 1.5 m Low tide 22:30 · 0.5 m
Wednesday 21 October High tide 04:29 · 1.2 m Low tide 09:59 · 0.6 m High tide 16:31 · 1.6 m Low tide 23:07 · 0.4 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 05:11 · 1.3 m Low tide 10:53 · 0.5 m High tide 17:11 · 1.6 m Low tide 23:40 · 0.3 m
Friday 23 October High tide 05:48 · 1.5 m Low tide 11:41 · 0.4 m High tide 17:48 · 1.6 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 00:10 · 0.2 m High tide 06:24 · 1.6 m Low tide 12:26 · 0.4 m High tide 18:25 · 1.6 m

Sunshine Beach: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

253h

in December · 28 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are December, March and January, at 27 rideable days and 27 °C. The low point is June, at 10 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 80%13-20 knots · 20%21-30 knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 80% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is June, at 21 °C. The wettest month is March, with 303 mm.

Monthly averages: Sunshine Beach

Monthly averages — Sunshine Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	26.5	272 h	28 °C	220 mm
February	25.5	295 h	28 °C	121 mm
March	27.5	306 h	27 °C	303 mm
April	21.5	193 h	25 °C	125 mm
May	24.5	260 h	23 °C	114 mm
June	10.0	83 h	21 °C	36 mm
July	10.0	95 h	21 °C	54 mm
August	19.0	165 h	21 °C	79 mm
September	22.0	164 h	23 °C	23 mm
October	25.5	198 h	25 °C	77 mm
November	21.5	184 h	27 °C	134 mm
December	28.0	253 h	27 °C	154 mm

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Technical details of Sunshine Beach spot

The spot works with winds from E, ESE, SE, SSE.

Depending on conditions: NE, ENE, S.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Advanced

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