Detectives are appealing for public assistance after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and pushed into the ocean at Mooloolaba Beach.
It will be alleged a 23-year-old Townsville man went to Mooloolaba Beach with a teenage girl between 10:30pm on 30 November and 1am on 1 December, when he assaulted her and pushed her into the water.
The man was charged with one count of rape and contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically.
He is due to reappear in the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 24 February.
Detectives from the Maroochydore Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or approached the man and woman at the time to come forward.
