South Stradbroke surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 20 Oct 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
22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Stradbroke today?

The current surf forecast for South Stradbroke at 9AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (20 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888888889999888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6364646464495049499996116109160180213217199194190144144217241
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
0
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.37
7:30PM
1.31
8:03AM
1.43
8:02PM
1.26
8:36AM
1.47
8:34PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
0.14
1:29PM
0.27
1:37AM
0.12
2:07PM
0.27
2:04AM
0.11
2:45PM
0.29
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--5:05-------5:05-------5:03-----
Sunset-----5:55-------5:57-------5:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191920222323212020192023242321212121222425242221
Feels °C (?)212123222221202020192021212122222221222323232120
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Stradbroke (light winds from the ENE at GoldCoastSeaway 1 km from South Stradbroke). 0.8m 8s swell from the E with a 0.6m 7s swell from the SSE and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 42 min ago

7 km/h
ENE
Clean
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