Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.55° S 153.49° E

Issued: 9 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island sea temperature is

20.9° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (30 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 4PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Afternoon (30 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	4s
Evening (30 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 30						Friday 31								Saturday 1
	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
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	26	26	26	51	84	80	43	56	77	69	61	69	143	137	123	96	64	74	78	110	169	209
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE
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-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide		8:19AM1.10m				8:40PM1.78m				8:53AM1.14m				9:12PM1.77m				9:29AM1.18m				9:44PM1.72m
Low Tide				2:02PM0.12m				3:17AM0.16m				2:37PM0.12m				3:48AM0.14m				3:14PM0.15m


	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—
Temp °C	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	18	17	16	15	15	17	17	18	18
Feels °C	11	12	12	13	12	13	11	9	9	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	12	10	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 12	E 8	E 18
kJ	26	26	26	26	18	11	10	30	34	43	43	47	35	35	34	34	32	30	29	12	1	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	ESE 13	E 13	E 6	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	—	E 18	ESE 12
kJ	13	13	13	13	17	14	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	—	6	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	—	ESE 13	ESE 13	—	S 14	E 13	SSE 10	NNE 8	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	SSE 12	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	SE 10	E 10	—	E 18	E 12	E 18
kJ	2	—	17	17	—	4	14	10	6	17	17	17	31	17	17	16	4	2	—	6	3	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 6
kJ	2	9	24	51	84	80	43	56	77	69	61	69	143	137	123	96	64	74	78	110	169	209
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	58	58	135	69	69	61	61	58	58	69	69	136	69	65	51	103	65	69	69	69	69	69
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Rating (10 max)		1		1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1		1	1	2		1	1	1	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	6	5	7	6	9	5	6	6	9

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