South Stradbroke surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 AEST
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South Stradbroke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Stradbroke sea temperature is
23.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at South Stradbroke today?

The current surf forecast for South Stradbroke at 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (04 Dec)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (04 Dec)2ft (0.6m)4s

Table - waves today at South Stradbroke. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
E
0.3
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)7777104445544445555555566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373726391812131515112014141617151515222650546769
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.75
7:35PM
1.22
8:14AM
1.82
8:27PM
1.18
9:03AM
1.85
9:18PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52PM
0.29
1:25AM
0.13
2:47PM
0.26
2:11AM
0.14
3:42PM
0.27
2:58AM
0.18
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise4:41-------4:41-------4:41-------
Sunset---6:30-------6:30-------6:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212323232221212021232424222221202124262524232222
Feels °C (?)212221212020212021212122202121202022242323222021
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