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Sunshine Beach. Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sunshine Beach

Surf town · Australia

Score a trip to Sunshine Beach

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Beds: 20 places

20 places to stay within 2 km.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

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Spots near here: 59 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Red Canyon · about 1h by car · stays in Rainbow Beach

    10 out of 100
  • Cove · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Caloundra

    9 out of 100
  • Mudjimba · about 45 min by car · stays in Mudjimba

    9 out of 100
  • Old Woman Ledge · about 45 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    9 out of 100
  • Pincushion · about 45 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    9 out of 100
  • Twinnies · about 40 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    9 out of 100
  • Alexandra Headlands · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • Anne street reef · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Caloundra

    8 out of 100
All 59 surf spots
  • Boiling Pot · about 5 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    8 out of 100
  • Dedis · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • Dicky's shorey · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Caloundra

    8 out of 100
  • Granites · about 5 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    8 out of 100
  • Happy Valley · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Caloundra

    8 out of 100
  • Kings Beach Groyne · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kings Beach

    8 out of 100
  • Marcoola · about 40 min by car · stays in Marcoola

    8 out of 100
  • Maroochydore · about 50 min by car · stays in Maroochydore

    8 out of 100
  • Mooloolaba · about 55 min by car · stays in Mooloolaba

    8 out of 100
  • Murray's Left · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • Neill ST - Dicky Beach · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Dicky Beach

    8 out of 100
  • Noosa Groyne · about 10 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    8 out of 100
  • Noosa Main Beach · about 10 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    8 out of 100
  • Pipes · about 50 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • Point Cartwright, the rock · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • Sharks · about 50 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • T-Tree Bay · about 5 min by car

    8 out of 100
  • The Bluff · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    8 out of 100
  • The Groin · about 10 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    8 out of 100
  • The Reef · about 1h 15m by car · stays in Caloundra

    8 out of 100
  • A-Bay · about 5 min by car

    7 out of 100
  • Burgess creek · about 5 min by car

    7 out of 100
  • Coolum - Point Perry · about 30 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Coolum Beach · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Coolum Beach - Lions Park · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Coolum Beach Breaks · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Kings Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kings Beach

    7 out of 100
  • kings beach break · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kings Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Little Cove · about 5 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    7 out of 100
  • Moffats · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Caloundra

    7 out of 100
  • Noosa first point · about 5 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    7 out of 100
  • Noosa Heads · about 5 min by car · stays in Noosa Heads

    7 out of 100
  • Stummers Creek · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Sunshine Beach · about 5 min by car

    7 out of 100
  • Three Bays Coolum · about 30 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Wurtulla · about 1h 10m by car · stays in Wurtulla

    7 out of 100
  • Yaroomba · about 30 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    7 out of 100
  • Castaways Beach · about 5 min by car · stays in Castaways Beach

    6 out of 100
  • Centaur Park · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Caloundra

    6 out of 100
  • Kawana - Beach Access 11 · about 1h by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • Kawana Beach Break · about 1h by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • Kings Beach reef · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Kings Beach

    6 out of 100
  • Marcus Beach · about 10 min by car

    6 out of 100
  • Peregian · about 15 min by car · stays in Peregian Beach

    6 out of 100
  • Pitta Street · about 20 min by car · stays in Peregian Beach

    6 out of 100
  • Platforms · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • Pocket · about 1h by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • Secrets · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • Shelly Beach · about 1h 20m by car · stays in Shelly Beach Queensland

    6 out of 100
  • The Platform · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100
  • The Spit · about 55 min by car · stays in Sunshine Coast

    6 out of 100

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Sunshine Beach.

Places to eat

6 near Sunshine Beach

Places to eat near Sunshine Beach

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 50 km from Sunshine Beach.

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Photos of Sunshine Beach

External deck overlooking the Sunshine Beach at Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Noosa RUC Field 1 Dry 2014-08-30 14.29.30
Photo: Patrick Gillett, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Noosa No. 1 flooded
Photo: RockerballAustralia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sunshine Beach

where it is, what is near

Sunshine Beach is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Sunshine Beach you can reach 59 surf spots.

The nearest is Sunshine Beach, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 20 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY), 21 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

  • 20 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY), 21 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 109 km, Hervey Bay Airport (HVB), 123 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).