Marcoola Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions

Best conditions for Marcoola Beach

Marcoola Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the SE, with moderate wind from the SE, on a high outgoing tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest here.

These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (preliminary-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →

Current conditions

Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-08-26 10:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy. A multi-day forecast for this spot is coming soon; for now these readings update continuously.

Tide

Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 1770000 (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island), the nearest tide station (3996 km away). Times local.

• 2026-06-06 05:20 — Low 0.564 ft
• 2026-06-06 11:37 — High 2.361 ft
• 2026-06-06 17:59 — Low 0.375 ft
• 2026-06-07 00:21 — High 2.14 ft
• 2026-06-07 06:13 — Low 0.543 ft
• 2026-06-07 12:28 — High 2.384 ft

Frequently asked

Is Marcoola Beach working right now?

As of the latest buoy reading (2026-08-26 10:00 UTC), Marcoola Beach is off: the live 4–6 ft medium-period swell from the S is off its ideal SE direction and is bigger than usual, and the wind is light from the SW.

Is Marcoola Beach good for beginners?

Marcoola Beach is best for improving and intermediate surfers — it's most often good on 2–4 ft surf, manageable on its smaller days but a step up from true beginner conditions. Conditions change daily, so always check the live report on this page before paddling out.

What's the best tide for Marcoola Beach?

Marcoola Beach tends to be best on a high outgoing tide — the tide stage LazySurfer surfers have rated highest here. Tide changes how the swell breaks, so check the two-day tide chart on this page for today's high and low times.

What swell direction is best for Marcoola Beach?

The best swell direction for Marcoola Beach is from the southeast (SE). Swell arriving from the southeast lines up best with how this break faces, which is when LazySurfer surfers have rated it highest.

What's the best wind for Marcoola Beach?

Marcoola Beach is most often good with moderate wind from the southeast (SE) — the wind LazySurfer surfers logged on their best-rated sessions here. Wind direction grooms or chops the wave face, so check the live report for current wind.

Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Marcoola Beach come from?

LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 51214) and the nearest NOAA tide station (PAGO PAGO Harbor, Tutuila Island). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.

Does LazySurfer predict whether Marcoola Beach is good for me?

Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.

Nearby spots

• Coolum Beach — 6 km
• Maroochydore — 8 km
• Alexandra Headland — 9 km
• Kawana — 12 km
• Mooloolaba — 12 km

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