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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 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 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 4PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)101010111212111111111111111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)732739899114813011288113410299268047076175613923202601671641279896967070
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SE
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
NW
20
N
30
NNE
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
20
SSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.90
1:50AM
1.50
2:30PM
0.86
3:12AM
1.51
3:59PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
0.42
6:33PM
0.35
9:08AM
0.42
8:02PM
0.41
10:25AM
0.34
9:32PM
0.38
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise5:50-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---5:52-------5:51-------5:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324252524242323232425252524242426282724212019
Feels °C (?)202022242525262525252323232321222122232014121512
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