Can you fish First Bay Coolum from the shore?

Yes — First Bay Coolum has shore access.

Do I need to check the fishing rules for First Bay Coolum?

Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Queensland fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Queensland regulations page tracks them.

QLD · BEACH · COOLUM, SUNSHINE COAST

First Bay Coolum.

First Bay Coolum is surf gutters and beach holes in Coolum, Sunshine Coast, with shore access. Sourced from the official listing, 13 September 2026.

Spot type

Beach

Access

Shore

Region

Coolum, Sunshine Coast

Conditions today

Bite

53/100

Swell

1.9m

Wind

7m/s

Water

21.2°C

First Bay Coolum is rated HOLD · 53/100 for fishing today, and the best day in the next week is Sun, 20 Sept at 75/100.

Scored from tide, wind, swell, pressure and light for this location. Generated 2026-09-16 and refreshed daily — open the app for the current hour.

Tide today

Predicted from harmonic constituents at Mooloolaba, 16.7 km away. The marked points are the predicted extremes; the curve between them is interpolated.

Out of the swell

Today's swell is running about 1.8 m where you are. Point Arkwright Headlands Park sits out of it, 1.0 km S from here, nearer 1.0 m.

Point Arkwright Headlands Park 1.0 km S 1.0 m

Scored the same way as First Bay Coolum and adjusted for each spot's own exposure, so a sheltered estuary can beat an open platform on the same weather. Distances are straight-line.

Fishing First Bay Coolum

An unpatrolled beach separated from Coolum Beach by Point Perry, reached from an on-street car park south of Scrub Road. Sunshine Coast Council calls it a popular surf and fishing spot.

What's there

The source doesn't list target species for this spot.

Facilities

Parking

Where it is

-26.54, 153.10 ± 2 km

Approximate area, not an exact mark. Fishare publishes fishing spots to a ~2 km range — the spot is somewhere inside this circle.

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Check the rules first

QLD saltwater regs SSOT; check current Queensland fisheries rules and marine park zoning before fishing.

Bag limits, size limits and closures are set by the Queensland fisheries authority and change through the year. Fishare tracks the current rules on the QLD fishing regulations page — check it before you keep a fish.

Common questions

Can you fish First Bay Coolum from the shore?: Yes — First Bay Coolum has shore access.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for First Bay Coolum?: Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Queensland fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Queensland regulations page tracks them.

Source & verification

Details for First Bay Coolum come from the official source, retrieved 13 September 2026.

Source detail: Fishing named by Sunshine Coast Council. Coordinates from the OpenStreetMap First Bay beach feature, 0.05 km from the baked coastline.

Conditions change. Access closes, sand moves and structure shifts — check locally before you travel a long way.

Plan the session

Fishing First Bay Coolum? Check the tide window, the launch options and whether the fish are actually biting before you go.

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