Is Coolum Beach safe? Australia travel risk
Is Coolum Beach safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Coolum Beach scores 22/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Australia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Coolum Beach scores 22/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Australia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Coolum Beach: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (23/100) and natural hazards (35/100).
A score of 22 is higher than the scores of 10% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Australia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Coordinates 26.5295° S, 153.0910° E place Coolum Beach within Queensland at an elevation of 8 meters. Heading to Canberra: 1,045.0 km SSW.
Queensland
26.5295° S, 153.0910° E
8 m
Australia/Brisbane
9,152
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Australia
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Coolum Beach happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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