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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 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
25.9° 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 6PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
3
1
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131313141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7696947996705695605725725815725726838818818801014102810421063925855704506421
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
20
W
15
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
N
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
0.88
3:46AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.42
8:56PM
0.51
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232223242425242322242628262321212022222222232221
Feels °C (?)212021202022242323222324201817181820191919212018
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