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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 16 Apr 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
25.2° C
(Which is 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 9PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.9
SSE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313121212121212466655696
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6663928987565655555229282827252415917513183655818856
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
30
NNE
35
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
1.62
7:26AM
1.52
7:56PM
1.75
8:08AM
1.42
8:40PM
1.83
8:53AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
0.08
1:35PM
-0.03
2:18AM
0.06
2:11PM
-0.02
3:10AM
0.08
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:03-------6:03-------6:03-
Sunset-5:28-------5:27-------5:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222323232321202123242424232223222222222221212020
Feels °C (?)212019192019182020192021221919161616161716171618
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