Picnic Beach
Cassowary Coast Regional, Queensland, Australia
No photo of Picnic Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:18 pm7.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.2
12 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
5.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4.9
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4.7
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
4.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.5
17 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
4.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5.0
15 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 26°C79°F
- Water
- 28°C83°F
- Wind
- 1510 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 3723 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.4 m1 ft
- UV
- 2 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 77%
- Sunset
- 6:18 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 6 pm, 1.8 m6 ft
- Low 1 am, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 7 am, 1.5 m5 ft
- Low 1 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun9.6 ExcellentBest 5 pm to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 85%
- Mon8.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 22%
- Tue8.2 GreatBest 6 am to 9 amWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 55%
- Wed8.7 ExcellentBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 58%
- Thu7.5 GreatBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 32%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 4.6 km2.8 miLucinda (town)
- Nearest airport
- 25 km16 miOrpheus Island Waterport SPB (ORS)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Banksia Beach15 km9.3 mi north away4.9 Fair
- Taylors Beach16 km9.7 mi south away4.0 Fair
- Blacksand Beach19 km12 mi north away5.0 Fair
- Ramsay Beach24 km15 mi north away4.6 Fair
- Forrest Beach24 km15 mi south away4.1 Fair