Today's Best Fishing & Tide Times for
Sunshine Coast, Australia ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡º

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Planning your next fishing trip in Sunshine Coast, Australia ? Today is a poor day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular bite times and moon phases, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, nearby tide timetable, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise bite times and moon phases and the best moon phases.
  • Use the Tide Clock section to sync bite times with high and low tide timetable.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

The Sunshine Coast in Queensland is a prime Australian fishing destination, offering everything from surf gutters and estuary systems to offshore reef and pelagic grounds. Anglers can target species like snapper, mackerel, flathead and mangrove jack year-round, with Noosa, Mooloolaba and Caloundra providing easy access to productive waters. read more...

Some of the best fishing spots near Sunshine Coast include: Mudjimba Island, Noosa River, Mooloolaba Harbour, Maroochy River, Point Cartwright, Laguna Bay, Currimundi Lake, Lake Macdonald, etc. see full list

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Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 10:34 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
    Sunrise:
  • Sunset:
    Nautical Twilight ends:
  • Moonrise:
  • Moonset:
  • Moon over:
  • Moon under:
  • Visibility:
    58%
  • Third Quarter Moon - 58% illuminated Third Quarter Moon
Next New Moon in ~8 days on 14th July
  • Distance to earth:
    378,270 km
    Proximity:
    64.4 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Sunshine Coast
Full Moon
Tue, 30 Jun
New Moon
Tue, 14 Jul
Full Moon
Thu, 30 Jul

Solunar Bite Times

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Best fishing times:
  • major Time:
    03:57 am - 05:57 am
  • minor Time:
    09:52 am - 11:52 am
  • major Time:
    04:17 pm - 06:17 pm
  • minor Time:
    10:43 pm - 12:43 am
All times are displayed in the Australia/Brisbane timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is +10 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). Blue areas indicate high and low tides. The center shows the current moon phase which is a Third Quarter Moon at 58% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a poor day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. Today some bite times coincide with sunrise or sunset. Those will be particularly good times for fishing and are indicated by sun icons. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -1 hour and -14 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
Australia/Brisbane • Tue, 7 Jul 03:42 • -26.657, 153.08

Tides Times for Fishing: Tue, 7 Jul

The Tideclock displays the tide status and the hours until the next tide. Currently the tide is falling and the next low tide is in 3 hours and 21 minutes.
Tide Graph
12:23 am 07:03 am 01:20 pm 07:07 pm AM PM 5.15 ft 1.48 ft height hour: 12 2 4 6 8 10 12 2 4 6 8 10 12
Times
Tide Time Height
high 12:23 am 5.15 ft
low 07:03 am 1.48 ft
high 01:20 pm 4.43 ft
low 07:07 pm 2.17 ft
Tide Coefficient at 12:23 am is 77
Tide Coefficient at 01:20 pm is 55
For fishing, stronger tides are often favourable as they cause stronger currents and more motion on the sea bed. The above tidal coefficients give us an indication of how strong the tides are compared to their average. A value over 90 indicates very strong tides, known as spring tides. A low value indicates weak tides, known as neap tides. The tidal coefficient can range from 20 to 120 with a mean value of 70. A higher number usually indicates better fishing.
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Current Fishing Weather

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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Sunshine Coast, AU
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
Date Major Bite Times Minor Bite Times Sun Moon Moonphase Tide Times
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Third Quarter Moon
low: , 1.48 ft
high: , 4.27 ft , Coeff: 50
low: , 1.9 ft
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S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
high: , 5.15 ft , Coeff: 77
low: , 1.48 ft
high: , 4.43 ft , Coeff: 55
low: , 2.17 ft
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S: 		R:
S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
high: , 4.82 ft , Coeff: 67
low: , 1.41 ft
high: , 4.72 ft , Coeff: 64
low: , 2.33 ft
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S: 		R:
S: 		Third Quarter Moon moon phase
Third Quarter Moon
high: , 4.53 ft , Coeff: 58
low: , 1.31 ft
high: , 5.15 ft , Coeff: 77
low: , 2.3 ft
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S: 		Waning Crescent moon phase
Waning Crescent
high: , 4.3 ft , Coeff: 51
low: , 1.15 ft
high: , 5.64 ft , Coeff: 92
low: , 2.1 ft
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S: 		Waning Crescent moon phase
Waning Crescent
high: , 4.23 ft , Coeff: 49
low: , 0.92 ft
high: , 6.17 ft , Coeff: 108
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S: 		R:
S: 		Waning Crescent moon phase
Waning Crescent
low: , 1.84 ft
high: , 4.27 ft , Coeff: 50
low: , 0.72 ft
high: , 6.63 ft , Coeff: 122
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S: 		R:
S: 		New Moon moon phase
New Moon
low: , 1.54 ft
high: , 4.36 ft , Coeff: 53
low: , 0.52 ft
high: , 6.92 ft , Coeff: 131
*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast fishing centres on three key zones: the surf beaches, the estuary systems, and the offshore reefs and shoals. From Caloundra to Noosa, long sandy stretches, river mouths and close reef lines give shore-based and boat anglers plenty of options regardless of wind direction or swell. Understanding seasonal movements and matching your approach to each habitat dramatically improves catch rates.

In the estuaries like the Noosa River, Maroochy River and Mooloolah River, summer is prime time for mangrove jack, estuary cod and trevally. Focus on rock walls, bridge pylons, deep marinas and mangrove-lined edges at dawn, dusk and into the night. Slow-rolled soft plastics, paddle-tail swimbaits and deep-diving hardbodies pitched tight to structure draw aggressive strikes. Through the cooler months, bream and flathead dominate, with vibes and lightly weighted prawn imitations hopped along sandbanks and channel edges producing consistent results.

Whiting and bream are reliable bread-and-butter targets on the Sunshine Coast’s sand flats. Work the flooding tide over yabby banks and shallow edges with live yabbies, worms or small surface lures. Ultra-light leaders, small #4–#6 long-shank hooks and long, slow retrieves are key in the clear water. On neap tides, concentrate around drains and small channels that funnel bait off the flats, especially in the last of the run-out.

The surf beaches stretching from Kawana and Wurtulla through to Sunshine Beach produce tailor, dart, whiting and mulloway. Dawn and dusk around tide changes are the pick, with metal slugs and shallow-diving minnows casting into deeper gutters for tailor and dart. For mulloway and larger flathead, probe the deeper holes and the ends of gutters with large soft plastics or fresh strip baits, fishing slowly and methodically. Use the higher vantage of dune tops or headlands to visually locate well-formed gutters before committing to a session.

Offshore, the Sunshine Coast’s close and wide reef systems off Mooloolaba and Noosa hold snapper, pearl perch, sweetlip and cobia year-round. In winter, fish dawn and dusk bite windows on the pressure edges of prominent reef and rubble patches. Floatlined pilchards and strip baits on light sinkers drifted naturally down the berley trail are extremely effective for bigger snapper. Through the warmer months, work soft plastics and micro-jigs vertically, targeting marks that show scattered bait and arches mid-water rather than only hugging the reef base.

Pelagic species such as spanish and spotted mackerel, longtail tuna and mahi mahi move through from late summer into autumn. Trolling high-speed metal heads or slim minnows along current lines and bait schools is productive, but casting stickbaits or metals into surface bust-ups often out-fishes the troll. Keep one live bait set deep under a float when drifting reef edges or beacons, as big mackerel and cobia regularly cruise these pressure points.

On days when the ocean is unfishable, the freshwater dams and impoundments just inland produce Australian bass and saratoga. Work edges at first and last light with surface lures, then switch to suspending hardbodies and soft plastics over submerged timber and weed beds as the sun climbs. Across all Sunshine Coast locations, success comes from reading the tide, finding the bait, and refining leaders, hook sizes and presentations to match the area’s typically clear water and wary fish.

The Best Fishing Spots around Sunshine Coast

Mudjimba Island

Also known as Old Woman Island off Mudjimba, this inshore reef and rock island holds snapper, sweetlip (grass emperor), cod and pelagics, with bait and soft plastics around the bommies producing best at dawn and dusk and during the warmer months when mackerel frequent the area.

Noosa River

The Noosa River is a highly productive system from Tewantin to the mouth at Noosa Heads, with flats, channels and mangrove-lined creeks holding whiting, bream, flathead, mangrove jack and seasonal trevally; prawns and baitfish runs fire up surface action in the warmer months, while deeper holes and rock edges produce jacks in summer and Jewfish (mulloway) on larger tides.

Mooloolaba Harbour

The sheltered entrance and rock walls of Mooloolaba Harbour near Mooloolaba draw bait and predators, with year-round catches of bream, trevally, tailor and squid, plus summer runs of school and spotted mackerel just outside the walls; night fishing around the lights and tidal changes is especially productive.

Maroochy River

Flowing through Maroochydore, the Maroochy River’s sand flats, drop-offs and mangrove creeks produce whiting, bream, flathead and mangrove jack, with popping and soft plastics effective for giant trevally around structure and the river mouth; winter brings more tailor along the lower reaches.

Point Cartwright

This rocky headland south of Mooloolaba offers ocean-washed ledges and gutters that attract tailor, dart, bream and trevally, with spinning in autumn–winter producing mackerel and tuna sightings just off the point when bait schools move through.

Laguna Bay

Just off Noosa Heads, Laguna Bay is renowned for seasonal pelagics like longtail tuna, mack tuna and school and spotted mackerel in late summer–autumn, while the inshore reefs and bait schools also draw snapper, sweetlip and trevally for small boats and kayak anglers.

Currimundi Lake

Where the lake meets the sea at Currimundi, the estuarine flats and channels fish well for whiting, bream, flathead and summer mangrove jack, with lures and baits effective around the tide changes and the mouth when the sandbar opens to the surf.

Lake Macdonald

Near Cooroy, Lake Macdonald is a stocked impoundment popular for lure and fly fishing, producing Australian bass year-round with chances at saratoga and golden perch, especially around timbered margins, weed edges and inlets during low-light periods.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Sunshine Coast area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 13 beaches and bays in this area.

Maroochydore Beach - 2.47555234979km , Alexandra Headland Beach - 3.27857526802km , Mooloolaba Beach - 4.98222035552km , Mudjimba Beach - 5.14201101693km , Marcoola Beach - 6.7271558588km , Yaroomba Beach - 12.0604689255km , Coolum Beach - 14.10720590164km , Dickey Beach - 15.00386282897km , Moffat Beach - 15.92211024182km , Shelly Beach - 17.05038926714km , Bulcock Beach - 17.43741034901km , Golden Beach - 18.68550979585km , Peregian Beach - 19.67451148625km

Harbours and Marinas can often times be productive fishing spots for land based fishing as their sheltered environment attracts a wide variety of bait fish. Similar to river mouths, harbour entrances are also great places to fish as lots of fish will move in and out with the rising and falling tides. There are 1 main harbours in this area.

Mooloolaba Harbour - 6.19681661765km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Sunshine Coast. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Chambers Island - 1.5836139307km , Channel Island - 2.11647930241km , Maroochy River - 2.17165405956km , Maroochydore Beach - 2.47555234979km , Pincushion Island - 2.57615912751km , Eudlo Creek - 3.03741518874km , Alexandra Headland Beach - 3.27857526802km , Alexandra Head - 3.85309254113km , Petrie Creek - 3.92809215478km , Mooloolaba Beach - 4.98222035552km , Mudjimba Beach - 5.14201101693km , Paynter Creek - 5.28687204121km , Mooloolah River - 5.65652738135km , Mudjimba Island - 5.83345135781km , Mooloolaba Harbour - 6.19681661765km , Marcoola Beach - 6.7271558588km , Point Cartwright - 9.15610125588km , Lake Dunethin - 10.27255773084km , Sippy Creek - 10.33108936526km , Yaroomba Beach - 12.0604689255km , Point Arkwright - 12.53252882037km , Currimundi Creek - 13.29579067137km , Coolum Beach - 14.10720590164km , Pidnung Island - 14.81822153367km , Bunbubah Creek - 15.00386282897km , Dickey Beach - 15.00386282897km , Tooway Creek - 15.00386282897km , North Maroochy River - 15.03838319609km , South Maroochy River - 15.03838319609km , Moffat Head - 15.67221214537km , Ewen Maddock Dam - 15.84349578538km , Moffat Beach - 15.92211024182km , Shelly Beach - 17.05038926714km , Bulcock Beach - 17.43741034901km , Caloundra Head - 17.69322132491km , Deep Water Point - 17.77867077799km , Wappa Dam - 18.56228663932km , Golden Beach - 18.68550979585km , Yandina Creek - 19.09716054369km , Peregian Beach - 19.67451148625km

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