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 03 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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

21.3° C

Normal for this time of year

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 (03 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Afternoon (03 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (03 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri night, strong winds from the SE by Sun night).
	Friday 3						Saturday 4								Sunday 5								Mon 6
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	1	1	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 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 10	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	E 9	SE 6	SE 6	E 12	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	170	107	107	136	99	73	55	125	130	102	101	144	123	139	454	408	116	114	136	107	248	273	453	627
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	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
High Tide		9:57AM1.03m					10:15PM1.70m				10:38AM1.04m				10:51PM1.65m				11:22AM1.06m				11:28PM1.58m
Low Tide	4:26AM0.22m			3:32PM0.22m					5:02AM0.22m				4:11PM0.27m				5:38AM0.22m				4:55PM0.33m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37
	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	5:04
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	2	—
Temp °C	19	19	20	21	22	21	20	16	17	16	18	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Feels °C	18	17	18	19	19	16	14	13	11	12	13	14	13	14	13	11	10	10	10	9	8	10	8	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 8	ESE 10	E 12	E 12	NE 10	S 13	E 11	E 6	E 11	E 7	E 11	E 11	E 15	ESE 13
kJ	170	107	107	120	99	73	55	125	130	102	66	33	104	139	4	13	116	48	83	56	82	59	39	102
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 10	E 15	E 14	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	NE 7	NE 7	S 14	NE 10	NE 9	E 11	NE 8	E 11	E 15	E 15	SSE 13	NE 9
kJ	132	33	34	136	27	27	35	17	16	32	57	54	7	7	4	4	3	114	11	82	19	40	34	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	—	—	—	ESE 12	—	ENE 7	NE 6	NE 9	NNE 6	ENE 8	NE 6	—	—	—	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	—	—	—	—
kJ	2	—	—	—	46	—	18	10	3	3	14	11	—	—	—	4	3	3	3	3	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 5	NNW 4	—	—	NW 3	WNW 2	W 2	WSW 2	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 12	ESE 11	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	28	16	—	—	2	1	1	1	12	40	101	144	123	113	454	408	69	56	136	107	248	273	453	627
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	47	43	0	43	43	14	56	65	69	69	61	58	58	61	69	69	110	65	65	210	136	69
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1		1	1			2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	4	4	3	4	5	5	8	7	5
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