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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 13 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
26.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 11AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (13 Mar)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)1112121212121177788887777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4634805215057439951027547571650703698683532395345325301279265265231228245
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
5
NNW
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
1.30
4:23PM
0.85
4:44AM
1.41
5:15PM
0.94
5:30AM
1.53
5:55PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
0.49
9:46PM
0.48
11:41AM
0.38
10:46PM
0.38
12:16PM
0.28
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--5:45-------5:45-------5:46-----
Sunset-----6:05-------6:04-------6:02--
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clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-12211------11-121-
Temp. °C262525262624252424232323242323232323242222232324
Feels °C (?)272824252319201818151615161617171719191718191819
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