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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 06 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
25.7° 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 9AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)899999999999999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)546528465439381360344269240207207207168166133164130130126102104113146117
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
20
N
25
N
30
NNE
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.07
10:38PM
1.46
10:46AM
0.96
11:24PM
1.39
11:37AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
0.34
3:55PM
0.29
5:15AM
0.42
4:29PM
0.37
6:15AM
0.48
5:12PM
0.45
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--5:56-------5:58-------5:58-----
Sunset-----5:38-------5:37-------5:37--
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C232322212222222222212020222323232323222123242323
Feels °C (?)171818161718191921212020202020212223222122232122
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