Snapper Rocks surf break

Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 30 Jan 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
26.1° 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 4AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (31 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (31 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
3.5
S
4
SSE
Period(s) (?)88888889912111111111010101010109989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42440339634734730435448143685787584374363754552444945027332720219613782252
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
1.24
6:54AM
1.95
7:14PM
1.31
7:41AM
2.02
8:00PM
1.37
8:24AM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.25
1:33PM
0.29
12:58AM
0.22
2:17PM
0.26
1:45AM
0.21
2:57PM
0.26
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----5:15-------5:16-------5:16---
Sunset-------6:42-------6:40-------6:39
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C232222222325252523232322222527262524242224232222
Feels °C (?)232323242526252524252524242627262726262526201717
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