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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 28 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
26.3° 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 9AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (28 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.3
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010151515151010105555555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)707068686565658283787668686785122107929292133144163143
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
15
SW
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
1.56
5:03PM
1.05
5:16AM
1.61
5:52PM
1.18
6:01AM
1.64
6:33PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
0.25
10:43PM
0.32
12:01PM
0.17
11:38PM
0.25
12:36PM
0.11
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
Sunset-----5:49-------5:47-------5:45--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C191819192022222223222221222323232424232424242424
Feels °C (?)121414151719191920191817181919202119181918191920
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