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Snapper Rocks surf break

Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 16 Feb 2026 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
27.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Snapper Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Snapper Rocks at 7PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (16 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.9
NE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)887777777777777710999681111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4594283633282862402442102008574726766515033716553606310378
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
1.39
8:03AM
1.91
8:21PM
1.46
8:37AM
1.90
8:56PM
1.52
9:11AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.42
1:31AM
0.39
2:32PM
0.36
2:10AM
0.34
3:02PM
0.33
2:48AM
0.32
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------5:28-------5:28-------5:30-
Sunset-6:30-------6:30-------6:29------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423222221212424242322222222252625242323222326
Feels °C (?)212221212120192122232424242424252624252324232527
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