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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
26.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 1PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
1.4
SSE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)111111111111101010101010101010107910910151615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9268047076175354853182551771641309896947070722946764130829478
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
20
N
30
NNE
35
N
40
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
25
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.86
3:12AM
1.51
3:59PM
0.93
4:21AM
1.56
5:03PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.42
8:02PM
0.41
10:25AM
0.34
9:32PM
0.38
11:20AM
0.25
10:43PM
0.32
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---5:51-------5:50-------5:49----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222324252525252424252827242018181919202122232321
Feels °C (?)242423232323222121202319151012141515161818191917
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