Snapper Rocks surf break

Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 AEST
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Snapper Rocks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Snapper Rocks sea temperature is
21.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Snapper Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Snapper Rocks at 11AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (15 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

Table - waves today at Snapper Rocks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.4
S
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.3
S
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.3
NE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109101099999999888810998111110568888888777766696666677777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2352612762692532311751731401681801741871811921951631601421347979618380593823639666822272916416115412121086838282928225584662757810495747080126118136
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
5
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoffoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
1.29
11:21PM
1.69
12:01PM
1.33
12:09AM
1.58
12:59PM
1.37
1:02AM
1.44
2:04PM
1.43
2:05AM
1.31
3:14PM
1.51
3:17AM
1.21
4:23PM
1.61
4:32AM
1.15
5:27PM
1.73
5:42AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
0.30
4:52PM
0.40
5:58AM
0.30
5:49PM
0.45
6:43AM
0.30
6:56PM
0.50
7:34AM
0.30
8:14PM
0.53
8:30AM
0.30
9:39PM
0.52
9:31AM
0.29
11:00PM
0.47
10:33AM
0.27
12:09AM
0.39
11:31AM
0.25
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------6:33-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset---5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:08-------5:09
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141720211917161514171818171616161718181818181815141417171616151413161918171616151517191917161615151719191918181817182019
Feels °C (?)12151617161414121115161616161615171817171717171513141513121312109121514141414131313151514131312121417171616171717182019
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Snapper Rocks (calm at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Snapper Rocks). not gfswave

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1 h 27 min ago

4 km/h
WNW
Clean
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