Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (27.55° S 153.49° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 21.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 4PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	SE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	4	5	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	9	2	41	58	45	46	55	47	47	36	35	34	32	18	10	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:31AM 1.06				5:47PM 1.64				6:14AM 1.17				6:27PM 1.67				6:51AM 1.27					7:02PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			11:12AM 0.27				12:28AM 0.18				12:00PM 0.21				1:00AM 0.12				12:42PM 0.16					1:29AM 0.09

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island (calm at Victoria Point 20 km from Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island). 0.9m 4s local chop from the SE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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