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Snapper Rocks Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Snapper Rocks today?
The current surf forecast for Snapper Rocks at 12PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Snapper Rocks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 128 | 113 | 104 | 101 | 99 | 96 | 73 | 96 | 104 | 107 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 187 | 303 | 302 | 371 | 328 | 261 | 197 | 140 | 108 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:07AM 1.25 | 5:14PM 1.61 | 5:50AM 1.39 | 5:58PM 1.62 | 6:29AM 1.51 | 6:36PM 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:50AM 0.49 | 11:45PM 0.35 | 11:42AM 0.44 | 12:19AM 0.32 | 12:28PM 0.40 | 12:50AM 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast
Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the W at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Snapper Rocks). 1.0m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.4m 9s swell from the SSE and a 0.4m 3s local chop from the N as well as a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 3 min ago
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