Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.55° S 153.49° E

Issued: 3 pm 06 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island sea temperature is

21.0° C

Normal for this time of year

Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island 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 Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (06 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 7PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Jul)	8ft (2.4m)	8s
Evening (06 Jul)	8ft (2.4m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSE on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).
	Mon 6				Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 11	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 10	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	598	717	833	754	623	448	687	577	660	745	881	1005	1365	1333	1287	1237	1141	981	945	1052	963	1757	959	1016
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	12:13PM1.10m				00:11AM1.47m					1:10PM1.17m				1:02AM1.34m				2:13PM1.27m				2:03AM1.21m
Low Tide			5:47PM0.41m				6:56AM0.22m				6:52PM0.48m					7:41AM0.23m				8:14PM0.51m				8:32AM0.22m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—
	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	5:05
mm	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	—	1	1	1	—	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	18	18	16	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	16	16	16
Feels °C	8	7	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	SE 10	ESE 12	SE 10	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 13	—	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11
kJ	64	62	59	57	55	127	50	577	46	52	133	290	—	—	—	—	—	—	116	—	409	780	627	606
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	—	—	—	—	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	3	—	—	—	—	50	29	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10	SW 4	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 11	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 10	SSE 11
kJ	598	717	833	754	623	448	687	2	660	745	881	1005	1365	1333	1287	1237	1141	981	945	1052	963	1757	959	1016
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	910	839	839	65	65	65	65	65	715	65	65	65	65	65	65	69	103	69	65	69	56	52	63	65
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Rating (10 max)				4	4	4	2	4		3	3	4	5	3	3	3		3	4	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	7	5	9	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	9	9

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