Marine Science Australia
Current Queensland Tide Levels
The tide levels (the blue line) presented in these images are near real time actual levels recorded up to one hour ago. The green line represents the tide prediction for each site, while the red line is the tidal residual.
Gold Coast (Southport Beach)
Banana Bank (Moreton Bay)
Raby Bay (Moreton Bay)
Birkdale (Moreton Bay)
Brisbane River (Pinkenba Wharf)
Brisbane Bar (Whyte Island)
Shorncliffe (Moreton Bay)
Scarborough (Moreton Bay)
Tangalooma (Moreton Bay)
Golden Beach (Pumicestone Passage)
Maroochy River (Goat Island)
Mooloolaba
Noosa River Sand Jetty
Noosa River Munna Point
Noosa River Tewantin
Urangan
Bundaberg (Burnett Heads)
Gladstone South Trees Island
Rosslyn Bay
Hay Point (Dalrymple Bay)
Mackay
Seaforth
Laguna Quay
Abell Point Marina
Bowen
Townsville
Lucinda
Cardwell
Clump Point
Mourilyan
Cairns
Palm Cove
Port Douglas
Cooktown
Thursday Island
Weipa
Karumba
Burketown
Mornington Island
Resources:
www.qld.gov.au/tides Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence
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