Queenslanders will have to give Christmas Day picnics on the beach a miss this year as swells as high as four metres take over many popular spots.The Queensland Weather Bureau has issued a severe weather warning for dangerous surf conditions and abnormally high tides for coastal areas.
Areas affected include Sandy Cape to Point Danger as well as the Fraser, Sunshine and Gold Coasts.
"We've got a low pressure system south of the Coral Sea, we have a high pressure system near New Zealand," forecaster Gavin Holcombe told AAP.
"And as a result those systems are producing large swells moving on to those beaches south of Fraser Island.
"Those swells are up top the four metre mark and may even get higher
"They are long period swells and as a result when they break on the beach they're particularly strong and pretty dangerous.
"As a result those beaches have closed." Read More
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