Wooroi Creek

A small shallow tidal creek, best suited to unpowered boats.

What to expect

Tidal creek lined with mangroves at the start. Best timed with a high tide as it can get shallow and rocky.

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Paddling Options

Along with the short trip up the lower Wooroi Creek, the islands of the Tewantin Reach on the Noosa River make for an interesting extension.

The circumnavigation around the private Makepeace Island is 2.8 km and Sheep Island is a tad trickier and longer, 4.5 km. All trips starting from the boat ramp beside the ferry.

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Logistics

Sand / gravel boat ramp just downstream of the North Shore ferry on the Tewantin side of the river.

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Tides

The creek is deepest at high tide with a small tidal range of up to 0.4 m in high tides.

Tidal info for North Shore Ferry

HAT

2.30 m

MSL

1.16 m

MHWS

1.80 m

MHWN

1.50 m

MLWN

0.70 m

MLWS

0.40 m

October

18

Fri

03:52

0.09 m

09:32

2.10 m

16:27

0.32 m

21:42

1.79 m

October

19

Sat

04:32

0.12 m

10:21

2.12 m

17:19

0.41 m

22:28

1.62 m

October

20

Sun

05:10

0.21 m

11:09

2.08 m

18:15

0.52 m

23:13

1.44 m

October

21

Mon

05:50

0.33 m

11:57

1.99 m

19:16

0.64 m

23:59

1.29 m

Tide predictions are estimates only. The tidal datum is for Noosa Head. Tide predictions are calculated from Noosa Head with times adjusted by 120 minutes for low tide and 82 minutes for high tide.
Please refer to the Bureau of Meteorology and Australian National Tide Tables for official tidal information.
© Commonwealth of Australia

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Map

Explore the key locations in the map below. Most locations will have a photograph after being visited that can be seen by clicking on the icon or number in the map itself.

The map also has markers every 100 metres that start at 0 from the boat ramp.

You may need to zoom in to see all of these markers. These do not correlate with any existing numbering system on the lake.

• Wooroi Creek
• Makepeace Island
• Sheep Island
• Boat Ramps

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What to take

Ensure electronic devices and gear have waterproof containers / dry bags if needed.

^* Highly recommended (aka required)
^† You should wear clothing and footwear that you can comfortably swim in.
^‡ These are for self or assisted rescues as there are places that you can't easily swim back to the shore.

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Wildlife

The islands on the Noosa River would likely have the most abundant wetland birds with the smaller creek making it more likely to see other species from the surrounding reserves. This section is still more brimy than upstream, so expect to see mangroves lining the shores and lower reaches of the creek.

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