Snapper Rocks surf break

Snapper Rocks surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 19 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
26.5° 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: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
SSE
0.5
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.5
NE
0.5
S
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)8899109899988857566777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46353740313131313130282618132423264963678896117117
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
NW
0
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
1.56
9:47AM
1.78
10:11PM
1.59
10:25AM
1.67
10:54PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.31
3:28AM
0.33
4:05PM
0.31
4:12AM
0.36
4:40PM
0.33
5:01AM
0.43
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------5:31-------5:31-------5:31-
Sunset-6:28-------6:27-------6:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272625242323232525252423222222252525242323232325
Feels °C (?)282827262527272625262525242424262525252424252526
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