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Main Beach, Australia, Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Main Beach on the Gold Coast is an exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the west northwest. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the south southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Beware of sharks and jellyfish.
Main Beach break location map and break info

This is the surf forecast page for Main Beach, QLD - Gold Coast. Use the tab navigation above to view Main Beach sea temperature, Main Beach photographs, Main Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Main Beach webcams, current wind from QLD - Gold Coast live weather stations and Main Beach tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Our wavefinder tool will be available soon to help you locate the best surf conditions in the area around Main Beach. In the meantime, check out the forecasts for other QLD - Gold Coast surf breaks near to Main Beach to make the most of forecast wind and wave directions.

Main Beach Location Map

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Surf breaks located close to Main Beach Shoreline around Main Beach Roads and rivers around Main Beach

Use this relief map to navigate to QLD - Gold Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Main Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Main Beach:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break South Stradbroke 27 mi
Second closest break The Spit 27 mi
Third closest break Narrow Neck 29 mi
Fourth closest break Surfers Paradise_1 31 mi
Fifth closest break Moreton Island (East Coast) 32 mi

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Ski Resorts closest to Main Beach:

Closest ski area Selwyn Snowfields (Australia) 648 mi
Second closest ski area Perisher (Australia) 679 mi
Third closest ski area Charlotte Pass (Australia) 683 mi
Fourth closest ski area Thredbo (Australia) 688 mi
Fifth closest ski area Falls Creek (Australia) 738 mi

Tide stations nearest to Main Beach:

Closest tide station Brisbane Bar, Australia (2) 24 mi
Second closest tide station Brisbane Bar, Australia 25 mi
Third closest tide station Runaway Bay, Australia 26 mi
Fourth closest tide station Tangalooma Point, Australia 26 mi
Fifth closest tide station Gold Coast Seaway, Australia 28 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Main Beach:

Closest city location Brisbane (Australia) 30 mi
Second closest city location Gold Coast (Australia) 31 mi
Third closest city location Ipswich (Australia) 45 mi
Fourth closest city location Sunshine Coast (Australia) 66 mi
Fifth closest city location Ballina (Australia) 91 mi