Moffat Beach

Moffat Beach, at the northern end of Caloundra's beach strip, is the most charming of the town's beaches and the one most worth making the effort to reach. The beach itself has reliable waves and good swimming in the sheltered section behind the headland. The village around it — a handful of excellent cafes, a surf club, and a park — has held onto a low-key character that the rest of Caloundra is gradually losing.

Come for breakfast at one of the beachfront cafes after an early swim. It is a very Queensland morning.

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A story
Moffat Beach is named after the Moffat family, who selected the land in the 1870s. The village that grew around the beach became known for its relaxed counter-culture feel in the 1960s and 1970s, attracting artists and musicians who valued its distance from the more developed sections of Caloundra. That character has largely persisted: Moffat Beach has good cafes, an active surf club, and a noticeably more local, less tourist-oriented atmosphere than Kings Beach.