Tuan Forest is a coastal locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
The mostly undeveloped town of Tawan is on the south-east cost of the locality () within the Fraser Coast Region.
The Great Sandy Strait forms part of the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the locality.
The Maryborough Cooloola Road enters the locality from the north-west (Boonooroo Plains) and forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality before proceeding south through the locality, exiting to the south-east (Tin Can Bay).
The locality is within the Tuan State Forest. The land use is a mixture of plantation and production forestry, apart from some residences in the town of Tawan.
In the , Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
In the , Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
There are no schools in Tuan Forest. The nearest government primary schools are:
The nearest government secondary schools are:
There are also non-government schools in both Maryborough and Gympie and their suburbs.