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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
25.1° 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 12AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (21 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
2
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
0.9
SE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1
SE
Period(s) (?)16667778811667111111101010101010101312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100128029626121122320320345326932133118814391268396433557517517424407878301
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
45
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
1.81
10:36AM
1.04
11:16PM
1.73
11:41AM
0.94
12:21AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:05AM
0.21
4:19PM
0.16
6:14AM
0.28
5:15PM
0.27
7:31AM
0.32
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset-5:23-------5:22-------5:22------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222222019192021212121201918192121222220201920
Feels °C (?)141415151413131415131415151413141614151515141215
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