North Stradbroke-Cylinders 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.41° S 153.53° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's North Stradbroke-Cylinders sea temperature is

21.2° C

North Stradbroke-Cylinders surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at North Stradbroke-Cylinders today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for North Stradbroke-Cylinders at 3PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	NE 7	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	32	41	40	39	38	24	3	6	12	15	24	24	17	17	30	25	42	33	35	33	23	19
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SSE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	W	W	NW	NE	N	W	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:07AM1.01m				7:35PM1.72m				7:43AM1.06m				8:09PM1.77m				8:17AM1.11m				8:41PM1.79m
Low Tide			12:48PM0.20m					2:15AM0.25m				1:25PM0.14m				2:47AM0.21m				2:01PM0.12m


	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	20	21	20	18	18	16	16	17	17	18	18	18
Feels °C	17	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	18	18	17	14	13	11	12	12	12	13	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 6
kJ	32	41	40	39	38	24	17	6	11	15	24	24	17	17	30	25	42	33	35	33	23	19
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 6	SSE 8	NE 7	ESE 6	SSE 7	ESE 13	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 6	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13
kJ	26	25	25	25	12	12	3	6	12	10	5	17	8	8	16	16	17	17	14	17	17	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	NE 5	E 7	ENE 5	ENE 6	SSE 8	SSE 7	E 13	SSE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	SE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 13	—	—	S 15
kJ	4	4	4	4	1	4	3	3	6	5	4	5	16	16	2	5	2	4	17	—	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 5	NNE 2	NNW 2	—	NW 3	WNW 3	—	—	—	WSW 2	SW 3	SSW 3	S 3	SSE 4	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	3	3	4	12	91	120	103
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	84	76	77	76	76	76	43	79	122	78	78	90	43	0	91	90	122	84	76
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							1				1	1
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