Can you fish Moffat Beach from the shore?

Yes — Moffat Beach has shore access.

Do I need to check the fishing rules for Moffat Beach?

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 · CALOUNDRA, SUNSHINE COAST

Moffat Beach.

Moffat Beach is surf gutters and beach holes in Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, with shore access. Sourced from the official listing, 9 September 2026.

Spot type

Beach

Access

Shore

Region

Caloundra, Sunshine Coast

Conditions today

Bite

48/100

Swell

1.7m

Wind

8m/s

Water

21.2°C

Moffat Beach is rated HOLD · 48/100 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, 12 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 1.6 m where you are. Kings Beach sits out of it, 1.2 km SE from here, nearer 0.7 m. Golden Beach is out of it too, 2.9 km SW.

Kings Beach 1.2 km SE 0.7 m Golden Beach 2.9 km SW 0.6 m

Scored the same way as Moffat Beach 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 Moffat Beach

A Sunshine Coast Council beach at Caloundra lying between Moffat Head and Tooway Lake, connected to Shelly Beach by the coastal pathway over the headland.

What's there

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

Facilities

ParkingToilets

Where it is

-26.80, 153.14 ± 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 Moffat Beach from the shore?: Yes — Moffat Beach has shore access.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for Moffat Beach?: 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 Moffat Beach come from the official source, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Source detail: Existence and public fishing access documented by the source listing; coordinates from OpenStreetMap and verified 0.82 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 Moffat Beach? Check the tide window, the launch options and whether the fish are actually biting before you go.

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