About
Noosa Marina at a glance
Noosa Marina is a marina located in Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. The listing identifies the site as a marina offering shoreside vessel support and marina facilities.
Service area: Tewantin (Sunshine Coast), QLD
- Marina type
- full-service marina
- Region
- Sunshine Coast
- Water body
- Noosa River
- Wet berths
- 40
- Berth types
- casual berthing, permanent berthing
Facilities and services
- restaurant/cafe
- pump-out
- sewage pump-out station
- temporary dock-and-dine berthing
- Noosa Ferry terminal
- helipad
- day spa
- boutiques and gallery
- Sunday boardwalk markets
- visitor information/charter bookings
- 3-hour free parking
- dog friendly
Useful for sailors looking for
- Wet berthing and moorings
About Noosa Marina
Noosa Marina at Tewantin is the only marina on the Noosa River, and it works as much as a village square as a boat harbour. The complex at 2 Parkyn Court wraps a 40-berth basin with restaurants, cafes, a wine bar, boutiques, a day spa and an art gallery, seven kilometres upriver from Hastings Street and an easy walk from Tewantin's main street. That dual character is the point: commercial and private boats moor here year-round, but the boardwalk belongs equally to locals arriving by car, ferry passengers stepping off at the marina's own stop, and Sunday crowds browsing the weekly markets. Tewantin itself was the original river port and timber town of the Noosa district, and the marina keeps that working-river flavour alive in a glossier package. The Noosa Ferry ties up here on its run from Hastings Street, making the marina the river's natural terminus, and the precinct doubles as a booking and departure point for fishing charters, sunset cruises, houseboats and even a helipad. Recent years have lifted the food offering, with Lucio's Marina bringing coastal Italian dining to the waterfront alongside the long-standing Marina Bar and cafe VinCino. For boaters, the marina's significance is practical as much as social: it is the only place on the Noosa River where a cruising boat can tie up legally, pump out, dine and provision within a few steps. The marina opened in the late 1990s as part of Tewantin's foreshore renewal, and it has matured into the town's social anchor, hosting wedding functions in the restaurants, community events on the boardwalk and a steady program of live music that spills across the water on weekend afternoons. Its scale is deliberately modest, which keeps the river village atmosphere intact even in peak season.
Marina facilities
The berthing side is compact: 40 berths hosting a mix of commercial operators - ferries, cruise boats, charter fishing vessels and houseboats - and private boats on casual and permanent arrangements, with leasing and berth enquiries handled by centre management during business hours. The facility that matters most to cruising boats is the sewage pump-out, located just outside the marina proper; when space allows, boats can moor temporarily on berth 20 adjacent to the pump-out area, while berth 21 is reserved and must be left clear. Short-stay dock-and-dine mooring is part of the marina's culture, letting river boats tie up for a meal or a drink at the waterfront restaurants. Do not expect a boatyard: there is no travel lift, hardstand or fuel berth at Noosa Marina, and vessels needing mechanical work, slipping or bulk fuel head for Mooloolaba, an hour or so south. What the marina does provide is an unusually complete shoreside package for a 40-berth basin - toilets, multiple restaurants and cafes from breakfast through dinner, a wine bar with live music, boutique shopping, beauty and day-spa services, and a visitor information point where charters and cruises are booked on the spot. The Noosa Ferry terminal in the complex runs scheduled services downriver with seven stops to Hastings Street, and tour boats including the MV Noosa Queen lunch cruise and Noosa River and Canal Cruises depart from the same boardwalk. Parking is free for the first three hours with registration, and the precinct is dog friendly. Sunday markets run 8am to 2pm on the boardwalk with around sixty-five stalls of local produce, craft and live music, which transforms marina access on Sunday mornings - plan boat movements accordingly.
Local sailing knowledge
River knowledge first: the Noosa River is a shallow, winding estuary with shifting sandbanks, and the channel from the river mouth at Noosa Heads up past Noosaville to Tewantin is marked but requires attention, especially on the run-out tide when flats dry on either side of the leads. The coastal bar at the river entrance is for experienced operators in suitable conditions only; most trailer boats simply launch upriver. From Noosa Marina, upstream leads through Lake Cooroibah and Lake Cootharaba toward the Noosa Everglades, one of the finest sheltered cruising runs in south-east Queensland, while downstream lies the restaurant-lined Gympie Terrace at Noosaville. Tewantin village supplies the practical needs - supermarkets, banks, hardware and a hotel - all within walking distance of the pontoons, and the vehicular ferry to Noosa North Shore and the Great Beach Drive leaves from just across the road. The marina is also the gateway by water to Kabi Kabi country history: Tewantin's heritage as a timber port is told at Parkyn's Hut on Poinciana Avenue, and the Noosa Regional Gallery sits beside the council chambers nearby. Locals use the marina as their river lounge room - Friday drinks at the Marina Bar, Sunday mornings at the markets, ferry rides to dinner at Hastings Street - and visiting boats slot straight into that rhythm. Book restaurants ahead on weekends and during school holidays, when the boardwalk packs out and casual mooring space disappears quickly. Skippers should also note the river's popularity with hire craft: houseboats, pontoons and kayaks share the channel in numbers over summer, so keep speeds down and a sharp watch near the ferry stops. Tides in the river run about an hour or more behind the coast, and the tide gauge near the river mouth is a handy reference before crossing the shallower reaches at Lake Cooroibah.