⚠ NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Use official charts and tide tables. This page is a planning aid only. Navigate with the current AHO chart, MSQ notices to mariners, official tide tables and local advice.

Cruising guides: Tweed to Mooloolaba

Free planning notes for the coast between the Tweed River and Mooloolaba, written by a working delivery skipper. There are 25 place guides in 6 regions, covering bar crossings, anchorages, marinas, fuel and haul-out. Pick a region, or click a spot on the map.

Coverage: Tweed River to MooloolabaSources: MSQ, NGA Pub. 127, OpenStreetMapLast updated: 19 October 2026

Sections of the coast

We split the coast into sections so each one gets a map at a useful scale. Pick a section.

The coast is split into seven sections, north to south:

  1. Whitsundays to Cooktown (planned)
  2. Bundaberg to the Whitsundays (planned)
  3. Mooloolaba to Bundaberg
  4. Tweed to Mooloolaba (this section)
  5. Tweed to Newcastle (planned)
  6. Newcastle to Wollongong (planned)
  7. Wollongong to Gabo Island (planned)
See all sections on the map →

Tweed to Mooloolaba

Overview map of the south-east Queensland coast from the Tweed River to Mooloolaba with a numbered marker for each of the 25 cruising guide places, coloured by region. A small inset map shows where this stretch sits on the Queensland coast, boxed in gold.
Numbers match the list below; each name links to its guide. Inset locator drawn from Natural Earth (public domain). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Positions are approximate and for orientation only. Not a chart. Not for navigation.
  1. 1Tweed River Bar · Southern Gold Coast & Tweed
  2. 2Currumbin & Tallebudgera Creeks · Southern Gold Coast & Tweed
  3. 3Nerang River & Surfers Paradise · Southern Gold Coast & Tweed
  4. 4Gold Coast Seaway · Gold Coast Broadwater
  5. 5Runaway Bay Marina · Gold Coast Broadwater
  6. 6Paradise Point & Sovereign Islands · Gold Coast Broadwater
  7. 7South Stradbroke Island Anchorages · Gold Coast Broadwater
  8. 8Sanctuary Cove & Hope Island · Gold Coast Broadwater
  9. 9Coomera Marine Precinct · Gold Coast Broadwater
  10. 10Jacobs Well & Pacific Point · Gold Coast Broadwater
  11. 11Jumpinpin Bar · Gold Coast Broadwater
  12. 12Canaipa Passage & Redland Bay · Southern Moreton Bay Islands
  13. 13Victoria Point & Coochiemudlo · Southern Moreton Bay Islands
  14. 14Cleveland & Raby Bay · Southern Moreton Bay Islands
  15. 15Peel Island & Dunwich · Southern Moreton Bay Islands
  16. 16South Passage Bar & Amity · Southern Moreton Bay Islands
  17. 17Manly Boat Harbour · Moreton Bay
  18. 18Sandgate & Cabbage Tree Creek · Moreton Bay
  19. 19Scarborough & Newport · Moreton Bay
  20. 20Tangalooma & Moreton Island · Moreton Bay
  21. 21Brisbane River Entrance & Rivergate · Brisbane River
  22. 22Brisbane City & Upriver · Brisbane River
  23. 23Bribie Island & Pumicestone Passage · Pumicestone Passage to Mooloolaba
  24. 24Caloundra Bar · Pumicestone Passage to Mooloolaba
  25. 25Mooloolaba Harbour · Pumicestone Passage to Mooloolaba

Regions, south to north

Southern Gold Coast & Tweed

Tweed River to Surfers Paradise · 3 guides

Region overview →

Gold Coast Broadwater

Seaway to Jumpinpin · 8 guides

Region overview →

Southern Moreton Bay Islands

Canaipa Passage to South Passage · 5 guides

Region overview →

Moreton Bay

Manly to Moreton Island and Redcliffe · 4 guides

Region overview →

Brisbane River

Mouth to the city and upriver · 2 guides

Region overview →

Pumicestone Passage to Mooloolaba

Bribie Island to Mooloolaba · 3 guides

Region overview →

How to use these guides

Every guide is a planning aid: what to expect, who to call, and where to look for the official word. None of it replaces the current chart, MSQ notices to mariners, the tide tables or a chat with the locals. Bars and channels shift. Where a fact is getting old, the page says so.

Spotted something wrong or out of date? Report a correction.

Sources and credits

Maritime Safety Queensland. Contains Maritime Safety Queensland data (Beacon to Beacon guide, notices to mariners, nav-aid open data, pump-out map C2-335, speed-limit schedule, tide information) © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Facts restated and summarised in our own words. Not endorsed by MSQ or TMR.

Queensland legislation. Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016 and Transport Infrastructure (Waterways Management) Regulation 2012 © State of Queensland, CC BY 4.0. Summarised; the authorised versions at legislation.qld.gov.au prevail.

NGA. Background from NGA Pub. 127, Sailing Directions (Enroute) East Coast of Australia and New Zealand (2025), U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a US Government work in the public domain. Parts of it are out of date; where a page leans on it, we say so. Not endorsed by NGA.

OpenStreetMap. Map tiles and some facility positions © OpenStreetMap contributors, data available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Others. Facts from local authority pages and notices (for example the Gold Coast Waterways Authority), volunteer marine rescue sites and businesses' own websites are cited for fact only and restated in our own words. Listing a business is not an endorsement.

Need a boat moved along this coast?

Get a delivery quote