At the end of the coastal walk through Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach is a beautiful place for a swim or surf. Try the restaurant at the Sunshine Beach Surf Club for lunch, too.
Sunshine Beach, Queensland, is essentially a suburb of Noosa. It lies east of Noosa Heads, north of Sunrise Beach and south of Noosa National Park.
It’s that last part that will be of most interest to visitors. Sunshine Beach is where you’ll emerge after the 5.4km one way coastal walk around the clifftops and headlands via Little Cove, the Boiling Point Lookout and Granite Bay.
Treat Sunshine Beach as a reward at the end of the walk, and you’re doing Noosa about right. It’s a beautiful spot, backed by high, sandy bluffs.
5 great experiences in Noosa to book now
- 🏄 Learn to surf with a beginners’ surfing lesson.
- 🌿 See plenty of wildlife on a cruise along the Noosa Everglades.
- 🐬 Kayak with dolphins as part of an epic beach drive adventure.
- 🏝️ Take a one-day 4WD tour to K’gari (Fraser Island).
- 🐋 Observe migrating humpbacks on a Noosa whale-watching cruise.
Surfing and swimming at Sunshine Beach, Queensland
Sunshine Beach a wide, open beach, with fuzzy boundaries in the south. Give or take the odd creek mouth, this beach stretches down the Sunshine Coast, becoming Sunrise Beach, Peregian Beach and Coolum Beach. The Sunshine Beach section is roughly 3km long, and is primarily of interest to surfers.
Swimming at Sunshine Beach can be dangerous due to the rips along the shoreline. Therefore, you should only attempt to swim between the red and yellow flags – this is the area patrolled by the Sunshine Beach Surf Club.
Sunshine Beach Surf Club menu
However, the Sunshine Beach Surf Club should be of interest for other reasons. It is one of the best value places to eat in the Noosa area. Slightly set back from the beach, the restaurant is open between 11.30 and 20.00 daily.
The Sunshine Beach Surf Club menu also offers a fair few options beyond the standard range of pub fare. The North African lamb shoulder is particularly tempting, as is the slow cooked brisket and portobello pot pie.
More Queensland travel
Other Queensland travel articles on Planet Whitley include:
- Combining the most scenic spots in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland – Mapleton Falls, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Gerrards Lookout and McCarthy’s Lookout.
- Should you visit Eumundi Markets on Wednesday or Saturday?
- Will I encounter crocodiles in Rainbow Beach?
- How to get to the Carlo Sand Blow in Rainbow Beach.
- How did Rainbow Beach get its name?
