Sunset Beach
Cassowary Coast Regional, Queensland, Australia
No photo of Sunset Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:18 pm4.6
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
5.0
24 km/h15 mph wind, Fair
5.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Fair
4.9
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
5.5
20 km/h12 mph wind, Good
6.0
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
6.2
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good
5.6
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
4.9
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
4.6
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
4.5
26 km/h16 mph wind, Fair
4.7
25 km/h15 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°C78°F
- Water
- 28°C82°F
- Wind
- 2616 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 3421 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m<1 ft
- UV
- 2 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 66%
- Sunset
- 6:18 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 7 pm, 1.8 m6 ft
- Low 1 am, -0.7 m2 ft
- High 7 am, 1.6 m5 ft
- Low 1 pm, -0.4 m1 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.
- Sun9.5 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 58%
- Mon8.6 ExcellentBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 6%
- Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 3 pmWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 32%
- Wed8.7 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 45%
- Thu8.5 ExcellentBest 8 am to 5 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 35%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 37 km23 miDunk Island Airport (DKI)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- South Shepherd Beach4.3 km2.6 mi west away4.6 Fair
- Ramsay Beach4.3 km2.7 mi south away4.6 Fair
- North Sheperd Beach6.4 km4.0 mi north-west away4.6 Fair
- Blacksand Beach9.2 km5.7 mi south away5.0 Fair
- Banksia Beach13 km8.4 mi south away4.9 Fair