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North Stradbroke-Cylinders surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 AEST
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North Stradbroke-Cylinders surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Stradbroke-Cylinders sea temperature is
27.0° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at North Stradbroke-Cylinders today?

The current surf forecast for North Stradbroke-Cylinders at 8AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (11 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)8899121111111111121212121211111112121212117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4564794714199237876855866437319079238877976895815715916126336338071106501
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
15
N
5
NE
5
ESE
20
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.27
1:05PM
0.83
2:26AM
1.26
2:56PM
0.80
3:46AM
1.32
4:21PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01AM
0.62
6:51PM
0.51
9:51AM
0.59
8:20PM
0.53
11:00AM
0.50
9:44PM
0.48
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise--5:43-------5:43-------5:45-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:05--
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------121
Temp. °C252524252525252424242323242626262625252526252525
Feels °C (?)202020222424262626252322232425252627282827232120
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