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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am 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
26.7° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
1.9
E
1.9
E
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)8999999910101010111212121212121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)618858940928878614614904137488082193211651673180616791544139211551012750476367308
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
25
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
35
N
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
1.61
11:36AM
1.02
12:30AM
1.55
12:52PM
0.90
1:50AM
1.50
2:30PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.35
5:27PM
0.26
7:31AM
0.42
6:33PM
0.35
9:08AM
0.42
8:02PM
0.41
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--5:50-------5:50-------5:52-----
Sunset-----5:52-------5:52-------5:51--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211---1-----------------
Temp. °C242424242424242423222224242424252423222324252525
Feels °C (?)191819191919192019181922222123262625242523232323
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