Sunshine Coast and Noosa · Today

Alexandra Headland

Updated Wed, Sep 23, 9:40 AM GMT+10

When to go

Around 5:00 PM

Strong wind — difficult conditions · Low confidence

3.3–3.3 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Strong wind: 10.0 kt · cross-shore

Cautions

Strong wind or gusts up to 23.7 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.

Forecast details

This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

12:00 PM–2:00 PM · Australia/Brisbane
Strong wind · up to 10.3 kt · reported gusts up to 24.1 kt
Caution: This is the best available wind comparison, not a favorable-wind label. Strong wind remains in the selected evidence.
Offshore waves: 3.1–3.1 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data unavailable.
Wind source time: Sep 23, 9:30 AM GMT+10. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 9.8 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
Tide unavailable: assessment incomplete, especially at shallow reef breaks.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind ESE 11.2 kt

Tide Unavailable

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellESE 2.2 ft @ 5sValid 2026-09-23 10:00 · Australia/BrisbaneMarine grid -26.7083, 153.2084 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea3.1 ft @ 5.2sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 10:00 · Australia/Brisbane

Model windESE 11.2 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-23 10:00 · Australia/Brisbane2.7 kt onshore component

TideUnavailableunavailableNo verified local tide station connected; no tide height estimated

Queensland Government Mooloolaba wave buoy · 13.1 km from Alexandra Headland3.9 ftObserved significant wave height (Hsig) at a regional offshore buoy; not breaking surf and not a surf-height rangeObserved Sep 23, 8:00 AM GMT+10

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Alexandra Headland
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	SE 9.6 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 1.8 ft @ 5s
1 AM	SE 8.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 1.8 ft @ 5s
2 AM	SE 8.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 1.9 ft @ 5s
3 AM	SE 8.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.0 ft @ 5s
4 AM	SSE 8.9 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.1 ft @ 5s
5 AM	SSE 9.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 5s
6 AM	SE 8.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 5s
7 AM	SE 9.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.3 ft @ 5s
8 AM	SE 11.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 5s
9 AM	SE 11.2 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 5s
10 AM	ESE 11.2 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.2 ft @ 5s
11 AM	ESE 10.6 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.2 ft @ 5s
Noon	ESE 10.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.3 ft @ 5s
1 PM	ESE 10.2 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.4 ft @ 5s
2 PM	ESE 10.3 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 6s
3 PM	ESE 10.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.1 ft @ 6s
4 PM	ESE 11 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.0 ft @ 6s
5 PM	ESE 10 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.2 ft @ 6s
6 PM	ESE 8.5 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.4 ft @ 6s
7 PM	SE 8.4 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.6 ft @ 5s
8 PM	SE 8.7 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.6 ft @ 5s
9 PM	SE 8.9 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.6 ft @ 5s
10 PM	SE 8.8 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	SE 2.6 ft @ 5s
11 PM	SE 9 ktcross-shore	Unavailableunavailable	ESE 2.8 ft @ 5s

12 AMUnavailable

WindSE 9.6 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.8 ft @ 5s

1 AMUnavailable

WindSE 8.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.8 ft @ 5s

2 AMUnavailable

WindSE 8.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 1.9 ft @ 5s

3 AMUnavailable

WindSE 8.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.0 ft @ 5s

4 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 8.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.1 ft @ 5s

5 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 9.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 5s

6 AMUnavailable

WindSE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 5s

7 AMUnavailable

WindSE 9.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.3 ft @ 5s

8 AMUnavailable

WindSE 11.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 5s

9 AMUnavailable

WindSE 11.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 5s

10 AMUnavailable

WindESE 11.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.2 ft @ 5s

11 AMUnavailable

WindESE 10.6 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.2 ft @ 5s

NoonUnavailable

WindESE 10.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.3 ft @ 5s

1 PMUnavailable

WindESE 10.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 5s

2 PMUnavailable

WindESE 10.3 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 6s

3 PMUnavailable

WindESE 10.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.1 ft @ 6s

4 PMUnavailable

WindESE 11 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.0 ft @ 6s

5 PMUnavailable

WindESE 10 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.2 ft @ 6s

6 PMUnavailable

WindESE 8.5 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.4 ft @ 6s

7 PMUnavailable

WindSE 8.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.6 ft @ 5s

8 PMUnavailable

WindSE 8.7 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.6 ft @ 5s

9 PMUnavailable

WindSE 8.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.6 ft @ 5s

10 PMUnavailable

WindSE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellSE 2.6 ft @ 5s

11 PMUnavailable

WindSE 9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailableOffshore swellESE 2.8 ft @ 5s

Tide

Local tide station unavailable

Tide predictions are unavailable for this period.

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Beach and point break.

Mapped spot coordinate: -26.67, 153.12.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 45° · Location provenance

Model request point: Alexandra Headland (-26.67, 153.12). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier B · AU_QLD · spot-level model point

Australian Bureau of Meteorology Marine Forecasts/AUSWAVE
BOM publishes the applicable coastal-waters forecast, but blocks automated web access and its sanctioned anonymous data host was unreachable; no response is scraped or substituted.UnavailableNo source time
Queensland Government Mooloolaba wave buoy · 13.1 km from Alexandra Headland
Queensland Government Mooloolaba wave buoy · 13.1 km from Alexandra Headland; Observed significant wave height (Hsig) at a regional offshore buoy; not breaking surf and not a surf-height rangeCurrentSep 23, 8:00 AM GMT+10
Australian Ocean Data Network / IMOS
No separate current IMOS observation with a closer verified identity and exposure is connected.UnavailableNo source time
WorldTides API
No tide station with verified identity, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.UnavailableNo source time
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 23, 9:30 AM GMT+10
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 23, 9:30 AM GMT+10
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.