Maroochydore, QLD, Australia

Maroochydore, QLD, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -26.6518°, 153.0894°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Maroochydore is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the urban area of Maroochydore had a population of 63,673 people. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Maroochydore, QLD, Australia

Cables landing at Maroochydore, QLD, Australia are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET), Google, Lightstorm Telecom. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Maroochydore, QLD, Australia, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, Fiji, Guam, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Maroochydore, QLD, Australia in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Tabua (2026) — Tabua is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United States, Australia, Fiji. Its 6 landing points at Kapolei, Los Angeles, Maroochydore, Natadola, Suva, and 1 more bridge the networks of North America, Oceania, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) (2020) — Japan-Guam-Australia South (JGA-S) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Australia and Guam. Landing at Brookvale, Maroochydore, Piti, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.