The Spit Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (27.94° S 153.43° E)

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The Spit surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST

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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 21.0° 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 11AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (17 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SE	ENE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SE	SE	SE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	40	39	44	75	111	100	58	59	55	62	43	58	36	42	34	34	35	18	26	14	14	14	18	18
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:02AM 0.91				5:21PM 1.48				6:00AM 1.00				6:12PM 1.52				6:44AM 1.10				6:54PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			10:26AM 0.38				12:08AM 0.28				11:30AM 0.32				12:48AM 0.21				12:22PM 0.25					1:21AM 0.16

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	22	24	22	21	20	20	20	19	22	22	20	19	18	17	17	17	20	21	21	19	19	19	18
Feels °C (?)	16	20	21	20	20	19	20	20	17	19	18	16	16	17	17	17	17	21	19	19	17	18	18	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at The Spit (light winds from the NW at Gold Coast Seaway 0 km from The Spit). 0.8m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the E and a 0.2m 9s swell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 35 minutes ago The Spit

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1 h 35 min ago

13 km/h

Cross-Off

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