Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 AEST
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Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island sea temperature is
25.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today?

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 8PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (05 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2
SSE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)887889999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)674750374650579287287251389389352300254248211207168166162164160126126102
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
1.53
10:05AM
1.07
10:38PM
1.46
10:46AM
0.96
11:24PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
0.21
4:27AM
0.34
3:55PM
0.29
5:15AM
0.42
4:29PM
0.37
6:15AM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------5:56-------5:58-------5:58-
Sunset-5:39-------5:38-------5:37------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232323232222212121222222222119202123232323232221
Feels °C (?)151515151516151617171920212119212021212122232220
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