Brisbane Surf

Detailed Brisbane surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Brisbane. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Brisbane. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Brisbane over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Brisbane and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Brisbane Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Brisbane Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Brisbane coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Brisbane	Moreton Island - Cape Moreton QLD - Brisbane	Happys QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	4	0	3	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	5
Energy(?)	1188	1285	1100	621	279	224	162	76	98	142	95	177	136	94	57	71	39	19	101	81	57	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:52AM 1.67	5:25PM 1.39		5:34AM 1.73			6:13AM 1.75	6:41PM 1.73	8:32PM 1.82	6:52AM 1.80		7:22PM 1.75	7:31AM 1.78		8:03PM 1.99	10:03AM 1.78		8:46PM 2.05	8:54AM 1.63		9:33PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	10:18PM 0.65	11:27AM 0.53		11:12PM 0.57	11:59AM 0.45		11:53PM 0.43	12:34PM 0.30		2:34AM 0.37		1:05PM 0.30	1:26AM 0.34		1:40PM 0.25	2:17AM 0.37	4:04AM 0.31	4:01PM 0.23	3:06AM 0.41		2:57PM 0.24	3:59AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-
High °C	23	23	23	21	23	22	21	22	23	20	22	23	21	27	25	21	24	24	23	22	22	21
Low °C	20	21	22	21	22	21	19	20	21	18	20	22	19	24	23	19	23	23	21	22	21	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	21	23	22	21	22	23	20	22	23	21	27	25	21	24	24	23	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	6	14	13	7	13	7	12	7	11	6	7	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	9	9	5	5	7	11	14	10	7	13	10	12	7	12	7	7	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 S	-	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NW	0.7 NNE	0.5 W	0.7 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	4	-	7	4	3	7	3	5	6	6	5	6	-

	Sun	Monday 13	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Brisbane	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Moreton Island - Cape Moreton QLD - Brisbane	Happys QLD - Sunshine Coast	Happys QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	775	932	943	1077	1088	1601	1290	1093	1035	732	624	525	459	302	292	211	150	115	162	120	106	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:42PM 1.23				4:52AM 1.67				5:25PM 1.39	7:13PM 1.50			5:34AM 1.71					7:54PM 1.67			6:13AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			10:18PM 0.65				11:33AM 0.46				11:12PM 0.57				11:59AM 0.45				11:59PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	18	17	17	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	20	19	19	22
Chill °C (?)	23	20	18	16	17	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	20	19	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	4	4	4	5	5	-	-	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Brisbane	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Moreton Island - Cape Moreton QLD - Brisbane	Happys QLD - Sunshine Coast	Happys QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Bribie Island QLD - Brisbane	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	720	744	775	798	920	1211	941	942	961	801	960	1077	1076	1075	1088	1126	971	1108	1223	1223	1223	1223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:42PM 1.23												4:54AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)							10:09PM 0.56													11:27AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	25	23	22	21	23	19	19	18	19	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	27	25	23	22	21	23	18	18	18	19	16	16	16	15	17	18	19	20	22	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5

Brisbane Surf Breaks

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Moreton Island - Cape Moreton

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Moreton Island - East Coast

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Moreton Island - Yellow Patch

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