Can dogs go on Mount Coolum beach?
Mount Coolum, Sunshine Coast Council.
Mount Coolum beach: check with council
Checking the clock…
Get directionsRules can change at short notice. Always check the signs at the beach and the council's page before you go.
The published rule is not complete enough to calculate a live status. Use the council link and the signs on the beach.
Mount Coolum beach has an asterisk time on the Sunshine Coast table. The page says those times are indicative only, so there is no live status.
Mount Coolum beach
The status at the top of the page uses this stretch.
Check with council
Town of Seaside, beach access 97–98, Wave Crescent to Merchants Parade, is listed as at times indicated on signs, with an asterisk of 5am–9am and 4pm–8pm. The times are indicative only. Always check signage before allowing your dog off leash. If there is no sign your dog must be on lead at all times. An indicative window is not encoded as a clock.
The times are indicative only. Always check signage before allowing your dog off leash. If there is no sign your dog must be on lead at all times.
Source: Sunshine Coast Council page, checked 27 October 2026.
The map pin is a guide at -26.5500, 153.0950. It is not the boundary between groynes, access tracks or signed zones.
Dog parks and off-leash areas, Sunshine Coast Council