About 2,000 people are trapped on board a cruise ship off Queensland as it is rocked by a massive wave.
Seasick-inducing passenger footage provided to 7NEWS, seen in the video above, shows the ship rocking and her pool water gushing skyward from the resulting momentum.
The ship is the Coral Princess, which made headlines last week after registering more than 120 cases of COVID-19 when it docked in Sydney.
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It has been circling the Sunshine Coast, unable to dock at Brisbane Harbor due to the wild weather affecting Australia’s east coast.
It is located about 40 km from the coast in the midst of swells of up to 6.5 m.
Pictures show seasick-inducing conditions aboard the Coral Princess as it cruises Queensland. Credit: Provided
“The Port of Brisbane is closed with pilotage operations suspended due to adverse weather conditions associated with the lower east coast of Queensland,” Princess Cruises said in a statement.
“The arrival in Brisbane of Coral Princess, which was scheduled to return today (Friday) after a seven-night cruise to the Queensland ports of Airlie Beach, Cairns and Port Douglas, will be delayed by 24 hours until tomorrow.
“However, confirmation of arrival details is dependent on the resumption of pilotage services and the reopening of the port as conditions improve.
“Guests currently on board and those scheduled to board today for the next cruise are being advised of the ship’s late arrival and are being assisted as fully as possible.”
There are treacherous conditions on the Sunshine Coast where the Coral Princess is circling. Credit: Provided
Other large ships are also on the coast and cannot dock, but the Coral Princess is the only passenger ship.
“All of them have only been instructed to float or drift, but the Coral Princess because she has passengers on board is unable to do that,” Caloundra Coastguard Commander Roger Pearce told the ABC.
“So it’s just motor, in circles at a very low speed, so it just keeps moving.”
It has not been confirmed when the ship will be able to dock.
The Coral Princess is one of the many in the area. Credit: Cruisin
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a sea wind warning for much of the Queensland coast.
A gale warning is in place for the Fraser and Capricornia coasts, with gale warnings for Hervey Bay, the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay and the Gold Coast.
Those warnings are expected to remain in place Saturday.
The Coral Princess cruise ship docked at Circular Quay in Sydney on July 13. Credit: Bianca De Marchi/AAP
There are also heavy surf warnings affecting coastal areas of the Gold Coast, Coolangatta, Maroochydore, Noosa Heads, Caloundra, Rainbow Beach, K’gari (Fraser Island), Moreton Island, North Stradbroke Island and Bribie Island.
“A low developing east coast off the south coast of Queensland is interacting with a ridge to the south to produce strong winds and large waves along the south coast,” the office said.
“The low will begin to move away to the east on Saturday.”
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