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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 09 Dec 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
25.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 11AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am December 09). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (09 Dec)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (09 Dec)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
ENE
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)7777778888888988899888813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54513738374043988787859094123154151154186186173201239240259
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.80
11:46PM
1.00
12:01PM
1.66
12:52AM
1.01
12:52PM
1.52
2:00AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.19
6:07PM
0.20
5:11AM
0.31
7:00PM
0.23
6:11AM
0.44
7:51PM
0.25
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise4:43-------4:43-------4:43-------
Sunset---6:31-------6:32-------6:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C242424242424242424242424242423242424242423232423
Feels °C (?)262625232323242425252423222423242424232220212320
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