- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 30 May 2026 AESTForecast 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
23.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island today (30 May):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island at 9PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 30). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (30 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Evening (30 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat night, calm by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tue 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | |
125 | 123 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 24 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 7:31PM1.63m | 7:37AM1.04m | 8:07PM1.66m | 8:18AM1.02m | 8:45PM1.66m | 8:58AM0.99m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:08AM0.30m | 1:21PM0.20m | 2:49AM0.28m | 1:57PM0.22m | 3:29AM0.27m | |||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — |
 | — | 4:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:59 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
14 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 |
 kJ | 125 | 123 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 94 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 23 | 24 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 8 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 10 | NE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 11 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | SE 9 | NE 11 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | W 3 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 2 | W 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | NW 3 |
| kJ | 10 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 85 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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