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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today?

The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 1AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.5
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)1212111111111111111010101010101010101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)118712881134102992680470761753536331826021616413098967071707032988115
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
NW
20
N
30
NNE
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
25
WSW
10
SW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
1.50
2:30PM
0.86
3:12AM
1.51
3:59PM
0.93
4:21AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.35
9:08AM
0.42
8:02PM
0.41
10:25AM
0.34
9:32PM
0.38
11:20AM
0.25
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----5:52-------5:52-------5:52---
Sunset-------5:51-------5:50-------5:49
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252424232223242525252424242528272320191819192022
Feels °C (?)252425252425232323222022212022181411121515161820
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest