South Stradbroke Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (27.93° S 153.43° E)

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South Stradbroke surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 08 Aug 2025 AEST

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South Stradbroke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's South Stradbroke sea temperature is 20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at South Stradbroke today?

The current surf forecast for South Stradbroke at 5PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	9s
Evening (08 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	10s

Table - waves today at South Stradbroke. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
	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	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	737	880	937	826	754	1772	704	570	571	573	547	585	1061	1010	439	446	337	367	354	348	548	350	306	304
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				7:49PM 1.66				8:08AM 1.12				8:25PM 1.70				8:45AM 1.19				9:02PM 1.71				9:24AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02PM 0.24				2:23AM 0.22				1:44PM 0.19				2:56AM 0.18				2:26PM 0.16				3:30AM 0.15

	Friday 08				Saturday 09								Sunday 10								Monday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	14	16	16	18	16	15	14	13	14	17
Feels °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	11	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Stradbroke (light winds from the W at Gold Coast Seaway 1 km from South Stradbroke). 2.6m 9s swell from the ESE to make surfable waves.
59 minutes ago South Stradbroke

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Actual: 59 min ago

9 km/h

Clean

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