Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.55° S 153.49° E

Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.3° 

Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 12AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, strong winds from the S by Sat night).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
1.1
SE
7
1
SE
8
1.5
SSE
8
0.8
SE
7
0.7
SE
7
0.6
E
7
0.7
SE
6
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.8
SE
5
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.9
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
1.1
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
83
81
99
125
298
57
45
40
34
33
35
35
36
36
37
45
51
69
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
10
S
15
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:36PM1.75m
7:50AM1.25m
8:07PM1.76m
8:24AM1.32m
8:39PM1.72m
Low Tide
2:07AM0.12m
1:41PM0.09m
2:36AM0.09m
2:18PM0.09m
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:30
 mm
1
Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
18
19
18
18
19
18
18
18
17
17
18
19
18
Feels °C
14
14
13
14
16
17
16
14
14
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
13
13
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