
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (30 Jul):
- 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 8PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Jul) | - | - |
| 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 ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SE 6 | ESE 6 |
Wave Graph | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 41 | 59 | 74 | 55 | 67 | 62 | 66 | 72 | 90 | 171 | 154 | 133 | 82 | 83 | 64 | 59 | 79 | 120 | 196 | |
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-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 8:40PM1.78m | 8:53AM1.14m | 9:12PM1.77m | 9:29AM1.18m | 9:44PM1.72m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:17AM0.16m | 2:37PM0.12m | 3:48AM0.14m | 3:14PM0.15m | ||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | NE 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 6 | ENE 6 | E 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | E 18 | E 18 |
26 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | NE 7 | ESE 14 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | E 13 | ENE 6 | E 12 | E 12 | ESE 12 | E 18 |
13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 6 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | ESE 13 | — | S 14 | E 13 | SSE 10 | NNE 8 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | SSE 12 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | ESE 13 | E 6 | E 13 | ESE 12 | E 18 | E 9 | E 12 |
1 | 17 | — | 4 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SE 6 | ESE 6 |
26 | 41 | 59 | 74 | 55 | 67 | 62 | 66 | 72 | 90 | 171 | 154 | 133 | 82 | 83 | 64 | 59 | 79 | 120 | 196 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 135 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 58 | 61 | 69 | 69 | 136 | 69 | 65 | 52 | 69 | 103 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
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