Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (17 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 5PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 7ft (2.1m) | 7s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Mainly near gales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 338 | 371 | 371 | 420 | 606 | 774 | 678 | 596 | 625 | 745 | 995 | 1780 | 2216 | 2070 | 1673 | 1629 | 1628 | 1433 | 1402 | 1385 | 1249 | 1294 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 10:01AM1.21m | 10:20PM1.83m | 10:51AM1.22m | 11:01PM1.67m | 11:42AM1.23m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:19AM0.04m | 3:44PM0.08m | 4:59AM0.07m | 4:32PM0.21m | 5:38AM0.12m | 5:22PM0.35m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
 | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | S 19 | NE 9 | — | — | NE 9 | — | — | E 20 | E 20 | E 20 | E 19 | E 18 | S 21 | S 21 | SE 24 | SE 20 | SE 19 | S 18 | S 18 |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 19 | — | — | S 21 | — | — | S 19 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 7 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 338 | 371 | 371 | 420 | 606 | 774 | 678 | 596 | 625 | 745 | 995 | 1780 | 2216 | 2070 | 1673 | 1629 | 1628 | 1433 | 1402 | 1385 | 1249 | 1294 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 69 | 661 | 663 | 663 | 65 | 210 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 346 | 785 | 797 | 400 | 715 | 715 | 731 | 731 | 715 | 619 | 619 | 504 | 459 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest