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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
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	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland 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	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	1.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	5	6	14	12	13	13	13	6	7	12	11	10	11	11	10	6	12	11	11	6
Energy(?)	38	10	85	68	72	56	174	177	95	206	321	114	180	335	8	237	4	306	102	625	68	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 1.93	8:54AM 1.63		9:33PM 2.06	9:38AM 1.51		10:25PM 2.02	10:28AM 1.38		11:23PM 1.95	11:29AM 1.26		12:33AM 1.86			1:36AM 1.59		2:30PM 1.19	3:07AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 0.15	3:06AM 0.37		2:57PM 0.24	3:59AM 0.48		3:39PM 0.29		4:59AM 0.57	4:27PM 0.37		6:10AM 0.65	5:24PM 0.47		7:32AM 0.33	6:36PM 0.57		8:49AM 0.31		8:07PM 0.62	9:59AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	7	1	1	-	-
High °C	25	23	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	22	19	22	22	22	22
Low °C	24	22	20	22	21	20	22	21	18	20	21	18	20	21	18	20	21	18	22	21	18	21
Chill °C (?)	25	23	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	22	19	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	7	11	6	14	6	13	13	13	12	14	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	6	6	11	11	6	16	16	10	10	11	11	11	-	11	10	-	10	9	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	3	6	5	-	6	5	4	6	6	6	7	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	6	11	6	6

	Saturday 18	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Brisbane	Pin Cushion QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks 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	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	7	6	6	5	5	7	6	5	14	14	13	12	10	12	13	17	16
Energy(?)	53	53	51	38	45	10	151	113	85	63	203	68	54	72	79	96	56	473	243	174	134	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				8:12AM 1.73				8:46PM 2.05				8:54AM 1.63				9:30PM 1.89				9:38AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		2:15AM 0.34				2:17PM 0.23				3:06AM 0.41				2:57PM 0.24					4:05AM 0.15			3:39PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	22	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	22	21	21	20	21	20	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	25	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	22	23	22	21	21	20	21	20	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	7	7	12	11	11	11	6	6	5	14	14	6	6	13	16	13	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.4 SE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	6	12	12	6	7	7	6	6	11	11	14	11	6	13	6	16	6	16	17	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	7	-	-	6	5	-	5	10	12	4	5	6

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Brisbane	Pin Cushion QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks QLD - Sunshine Coast	Ann Street Peaks 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	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Coolum Beach QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	6	6	6
Energy(?)	78	53	53	36	30	28	28	38	38	38	38	38	41	43	45	35	10	22	22	151	151	134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)											8:12AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)					2:17AM 0.37												2:17PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	23	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	24	23	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	23	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	24	23	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	7	6	6	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	12	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

Brisbane Surf Breaks

Bribie Island

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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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