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Sunshine Coast

Surf, kitesurf, windsurf and mountain biking town · Australia

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Surf, kitesurf, windsurf and mountain biking, 6 nights from tomorrow, from your nearest start point: scored, planned and costed. Try another search

Beds: 64 places

64 places to stay within 2 km, 4 of them campsites.

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).

All 64 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 47 places in 4 sports

Surf · this week

All 44 surf spots
  • Anne street reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    21 out of 100
  • Coolum - Point Perry · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    21 out of 100
  • Cove · about 30 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    21 out of 100
  • Dicky's shorey · about 30 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    21 out of 100
  • Neill ST - Dicky Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Dicky Beach

    21 out of 100
  • Point Cartwright, the rock · about 10 min by car

    21 out of 100
  • Stummers Creek · about 30 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

    21 out of 100
  • The Reef · about 30 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    21 out of 100
  • Three Bays Coolum · about 25 min by car · stays in Coolum Beach

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

    21 out of 100
  • Alexandra Headlands · about 5 min by car

    20 out of 100
  • Maroochydore · about 5 min by car · stays in Maroochydore

    20 out of 100
  • Murray's Left · about 5 min by car

    20 out of 100
  • Pipes · about 5 min by car

    20 out of 100
  • Sharks · about 5 min by car

    20 out of 100
  • The Bluff · about 5 min by car

    20 out of 100
  • Happy Valley · about 35 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    19 out of 100
  • Kings Beach Groyne · about 35 min by car · stays in Kings Beach

    19 out of 100
  • Wurtulla · about 25 min by car · stays in Wurtulla

    18 out of 100
  • Moffats · about 30 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    17 out of 100
  • Pitta Street · about 30 min by car · stays in Peregian Beach

    17 out of 100
  • Centaur Park · about 35 min by car · stays in Caloundra

    16 out of 100
  • Kawana - Beach Access 11 · about 15 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Kawana Beach Break · about 15 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Kings Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Kings Beach

    16 out of 100
  • kings beach break · about 35 min by car · stays in Kings Beach

    16 out of 100
  • Kings Beach reef · about 35 min by car · stays in Kings Beach

    16 out of 100
  • Platforms · about 10 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Pocket · about 10 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Secrets · about 10 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Shelly Beach · about 30 min by car · stays in Shelly Beach Queensland

    16 out of 100
  • The Platform · about 10 min by car

    16 out of 100
  • Dedis · about 10 min by car

    15 out of 100
  • Peregian · about 35 min by car · stays in Peregian Beach

    15 out of 100
  • Mooloolaba · about 10 min by car · stays in Mooloolaba

    12 out of 100
  • The Spit · about 10 min by car · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

Kitesurf · this week

Windsurf · this week

Mountain biking · this week

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 Coast.

Places to eat

6 near Sunshine Coast

Places to eat near Sunshine Coast

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 intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Sunshine Coast.

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Photos of Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Plaza shopping centre in Maroochydore, Queensland 03
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maroochydore beach - panoramio
Photo: Michal Hope, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maroochy River in Cotton Tree, Queensland
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Sunshine Coast

where it is, what is near

Sunshine Coast is a town in Queensland, Australia.

From Sunshine Coast you can reach 44 surf spots, 1 kitesurf spot, 1 windsurf spot and 1 mountain bike area.

The nearest is Maroochydore, a surf spot 1.2 km from the centre.

Overture lists 64 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY), 7 km away.

In Queensland · Australia

  • 64 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 4 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY), 7 km, Brisbane International Airport (BNE), 81 km, Hervey Bay Airport (HVB), 150 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).