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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 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
26.5° 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 6AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
ESE
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)9910101010101112121212111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89888583875673273989911481301128811541154943804694617566460296260208164125127
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
20
N
30
NNE
30
N
35
N
40
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
50
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
1.55
12:52PM
0.90
1:50AM
1.50
2:30PM
0.86
3:12AM
1.51
3:59PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
0.26
7:31AM
0.42
6:33PM
0.35
9:08AM
0.42
8:02PM
0.41
10:25AM
0.34
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----5:50-------5:52-------5:52---
Sunset-------5:52-------5:51-------5:50
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423232223242525242423232324252525242424242725
Feels °C (?)192019191920222425252626262523232323212222212517
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