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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 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
27.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
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 (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)77788778810101010106677878889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)646161969010811211512725031437035634882110110130270294389521722878
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
1.52
9:42PM
1.67
9:53AM
1.36
10:29PM
1.66
10:40AM
1.18
11:24PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
0.02
4:01AM
0.14
3:57PM
0.08
4:57AM
0.25
4:37PM
0.16
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise5:48-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:57-------5:54-------5:53----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
311-1121-------111112211
Temp. °C232324242424242424242424242424232323242524252424
Feels °C (?)222122222222212120202021212120191919192019201817
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