Gold Coast Surf

Gold Coast Surf Forecast

Detailed Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast. 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 Gold Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Gold Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Gold Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Gold Coast Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Gold Coast Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Gold Coast Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Gold Coast Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Gold Coast Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Gold Coast Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Gold Coast Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Gold Coast Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Gold Coast Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Gold Coast coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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 Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy	411	270	359	268	373	427	496	574	561	409	367	279	237	279	273	186	168	148	276	159	169	164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:25PM 1.90	7:45AM 1.08		8:17PM 1.96	8:50AM 1.27		9:09PM 1.97	9:32AM 1.06		10:17PM 1.84	10:44AM 1.14		10:50PM 1.82	11:39AM 1.13		11:55PM 1.63	12:21PM 1.09		12:45AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39PM 0.02		2:13AM 0.05		1:42PM 0.21	3:07AM 0.02		2:29PM 0.24	3:59AM 0.03		3:08PM 0.02		5:03AM 0.29	4:00PM 0.10		5:55AM 0.31	5:17PM 0.40		6:25AM 0.13	6:18PM 0.48		7:37AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	18	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	19	20	20	20	22
Low °C	19	18	16	17	18	17	19	19	16	17	18	15	16	18	15	17	18	17	19	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	18	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	17	19	19	19	20	20	20	22
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.7 S	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	8	7	16	14	6	12	7	6	6	9	9	9	4	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 S	-	1.7 E	0.7 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.9 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	5	5	-	9	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	4	3	-

	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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 Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	458	324	450	411	365	270	353	361	359	277	299	268	316	373	409	403	427	480	516	496	489	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:50AM 1.10					7:25PM 1.90				7:45AM 1.08				8:17PM 1.96				8:50AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 0.33			12:54PM 0.20					2:13AM 0.05				1:42PM 0.21				3:07AM 0.02				2:29PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	20	19	18	19	20	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	19	20	19	18	17	16	17	17	16	18	19	18	18	18	16	16	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	-	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	11	7	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	0.9 S	-	-	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	-	7	-	-	9

	Sat	Sunday 14
	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 Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	454	458	458	430	430	324	440	440	450	450	449	411	304	304	365	365	364	270	364	353	353	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									6:50AM 1.10													7:25PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				1:24AM 0.33											12:54PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-