Snapper Rocks Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.16° S 153.55° E)

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Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 20.9° 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 12PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	4s
Evening (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

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	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSE	E	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	72	83	66	83	109	134	119	100	87	98	110	106	109	119	107	105	90	76	71	73	51	53	112	112
Wind (km/h)	NW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				3:49PM 1.58					4:27AM 1.05				4:54PM 1.65				5:28AM 1.16				5:47PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		8:46AM 0.46					10:48PM 0.45				10:04AM 0.44				11:41PM 0.38				11:08AM 0.39				12:24AM 0.33

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	22	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	21	20	20	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	17	18	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	18	19	17	17	18	18	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Snapper Rocks (moderate winds from the N at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Snapper Rocks). 0.5m 5s windswell from the NE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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