North Stradbroke-Cylinders Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 22.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for North Stradbroke-Cylinders at 11PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	-	-
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

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	Thu 18		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	54	53	43	31	44	45	44	37	28	73	121	144	135	109	72	25	34	27	29	25	39	39	38	37
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	NNE	NE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	SW	SSW	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:47PM 1.66				6:14AM 1.17				6:27PM 1.69				6:51AM 1.27					7:03PM 1.69				7:25AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			12:29AM 0.19				11:59AM 0.21					1:01AM 0.14			12:41PM 0.17					1:29AM 0.10				1:19PM 0.15

	Thu 18		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	18	20	19	19	20	18	18	19	20	20
Feels °C (?)	18	19	19	19	21	21	20	19	19	16	16	16	15	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	16	19	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at North Stradbroke-Cylinders (calm at Victoria Point 30 km from North Stradbroke-Cylinders). 0.6m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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22.0

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