Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Coolum Beach Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Sunshine Coast’s surf town under Mount Coolum: the beach, Point Perry and Point Arkwright rocks, with whiting, tailor, bream and the reef outside.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 6:33 pm model
Air / High
18 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ESE 11 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Coolum Beach has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 11 km/h, steady pressure near 1030 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Tides: high 6:19 am and 6:33 pm, low 12:16 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 22 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Queensland has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. Queensland fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing bream here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Coolum Beach today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:34), sunset (17:44), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Fri
HIGH6:19 am0.80 m
LOW12:16 pm-0.41 m
HIGH6:33 pm1.08 m
Sat
LOW12:53 am-0.49 m
HIGH6:55 am0.90 m
LOW12:55 pm-0.46 m
HIGH7:06 pm1.06 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low22 °C / 17 °C
WindESE 11 km/h, gusts 23 km/h
Pressure1029.6 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain15% cloud, 87%
Sunrise / Sunset05:34 / 17:44
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Coolum Beach
The best day on Coolum Beach this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Thursday, 1 Oct — good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:34 to 17:44
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 21 km/h
- Rain chance
- 87%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Coolum Beach: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
When to come: the Coolum Beach calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 18 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; permits apply on some waters and the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by Queensland DPI and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Queensland licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Line fishing at Coolum Beach needs no Queensland licence; the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below.
About this water
Coolum Beach is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Coolum Beach: the full guide
Coolum Beach and the points
Coolum Beach is the surf town on the Sunshine Coast between Maroochydore and Noosa, with the main beach under the town, the rock platforms of Point Perry and Point Arkwright to the south, the beaches running north to Peregian, Stumers Creek at the northern end and Mount Coolum behind. It is a beach-and-rocks town, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. The Sunshine Coast and Noosa have their own pages.
Species and seasons
Whiting and dart fish the beach all year and are the town’s fish; tailor run the beach and the points in winter at dawn and dusk; bream fish the platforms and Stumers Creek; flathead lie in the beach gutters; mulloway are the night fish of the gutters; Spanish mackerel and the odd kingfish come to the points in summer; and the reef off the points gives snapper for the boats out of the Maroochy or Mooloolaba. The platforms are exposed and rock fishing at Coolum Beach has its own safety rules.
Where to fish it
Coolum main beach in front of the town is the whiting and dart sand, fished on the rising tide into dusk, and the Point Perry and Point Arkwright platforms south of the town are the bream and tailor rocks on a westerly; Stumers Creek at the northern end is the bream and flathead spot, and the beaches north to Peregian are the jew gutters. The nearest ramps are on the Maroochy River.
Reading this report here
The coast faces east and a south-easterly builds the surf and closes the beach and the points, while a westerly flattens the sea; the wind row tells you which. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Coolum Beach, labelled as a model, and the beach fishes on the rising tide into dusk. Pressure and sky build the score at Coolum Beach; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Line fishing at Coolum Beach needs no Queensland licence; the size and bag limits apply, on the pages linked below. The beach, the points and the creek are public, with the nearest ramps on the Maroochy River; the DAF rules are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Coolum Beach?
Whiting and dart on the beach, tailor in winter, bream on the points and in Stumers Creek, mulloway in the gutters at night, mackerel off the points in summer.
Do I need a licence at Coolum Beach?
No. Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits still apply.
Is fishing good at Coolum Beach right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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