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Sunshine Coast Council Pools: 9 Aquatic Centres and Kings Beach Ocean Pool, Who Runs Each One and What They Have (QLD)

Cotton Tree Beach on the Maroochy River, Maroochydore, Queensland, photographed in 2023

Sunshine Coast Council lists nine aquatic centres and the Kings Beach Ocean Pool, with the centres run by three operators, plus two seasonal community pools at Conondale and Kenilworth. The only opening hours on the council’s pages are for the ocean pool: it is unlocked at 4am and locked at 9pm every day of the year. For the aquatic centres, the council points to each centre’s own website for hours and to its fees and charges register for prices, so this guide gives what the council does publish: where each pool is, who runs it, what it has and the phone number. All of it was checked on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Times are Queensland time, which has no daylight saving.

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Sunshine Coast Patrolled Beaches: 20 Beaches, Access Points, Dog Rules and Facilities (QLD)

Dicky Beach at the creek mouth, Queensland, photographed in 2018

The Sunshine Coast Council’s pages cover 20 patrolled beaches, counting Mooloolaba’s Main Beach and the Spit separately. Eleven of them are patrolled year round, and the other nine are patrolled for part of the year or during school holidays. This guide uses the council’s own beach pages, checked on Sunday 8 November 2026. Times are Queensland time, which has no daylight saving. The council’s pages tell you where the clubs and lifeguard towers are, but they do not list daily patrol hours: for those, the council sends you to the Beachsafe website.