The Spit surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 03 Jul 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
The Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Spit sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Spit today?

The current surf forecast for The Spit at 5AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (03 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (03 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

Table - waves today at The Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.2
N
1.2
N
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111111111110101010101010101010999999999999910101010101010101055101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3205512131751792262122134364502502452111711671641321291281251251221191071051049085666463626568636260676872948488758686819597155162938783981001031079492
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.20
2:52PM
1.12
2:17AM
1.10
3:54PM
1.18
3:12AM
1.03
4:51PM
1.26
4:14AM
0.98
5:39PM
1.35
5:17AM
0.97
6:21PM
1.44
6:14AM
0.97
7:00PM
1.54
7:03AM
0.99
7:37PM
1.62
7:47AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
0.37
8:45PM
0.65
9:03AM
0.37
10:00PM
0.66
9:47AM
0.36
11:08PM
0.62
10:32AM
0.35
12:05AM
0.57
11:16AM
0.33
12:53AM
0.50
11:58AM
0.31
1:36AM
0.43
12:39PM
0.29
2:15AM
0.37
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-----5:01-------5:01-------5:02-------5:02-------5:04-------5:04-------5:05------
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudcloudcloudcloudcloudpart cloudclearclearrain showerspart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudcloudclear
Rain (mm)
-------------------------------1----------------------------
Temp. °C141312141819151412111114161716151515151617181819181818181819181817161718212118151413121417181615131313162021181614141417
Feels °C (?)887811139987812141515131413141516171718161718191818171716141515171613101010101214151311999121518151310101013
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.leaflet.map_placeholder_alt">Map Placeholder Alt</span>

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Spit surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest
Nearest