Coast and marine
View coast and marine resources.
The Sunshine Coast has over one hundred kilometres of coastal foreshores. Read about the management and protection of our coasts and marine environments.
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Each year from October, millions of short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) transverse vast areas of open ocean from the arctic region westward towards Australia to breed.
Find out more about algae blooms.
Over the past twelve months council officers have been collecting planktonic samples from several inshore locations to examine what our “normal” jellyfish communities look like throughout the summer months.
Council will use sand from the Maroochy River to widen and restore the beach to provide protection from future storms.
From November to March, 6 sites were sampled monthly using a plankton net and the variety of life that was discovered was astounding.
View our rocky shore species identification information.
Stonefish live in coastal shallow waters, estuaries and creek mouths along the Australian coastline, including on the Sunshine Coast.
Each summer over the past 5 years, council officers have collected plankton samples from our waterways to better understand the microscopic life of the Sunshine Coast. During January 2020, we collected a number of very small and very young jellyfish within our estuarine and offshore sample sites.
Check out the latest sighting of the whitespotted eagle ray.
Seagrasses are important breeding and feeding grounds for large numbers of fish and invertebrate species.