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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	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	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.6 S
Period(s)	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7
Energy	213	100	201	158	221	373	664	344	321	151	163	196	145	171	152	142	147	163	289	172	197	362
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:10PM 1.12	2:00AM 1.52		3:12PM 1.39	3:02AM 1.46	4:10AM 1.16	3:54PM 1.28		4:06AM 1.41	5:05PM 1.65		4:50AM 1.20	5:59PM 1.79		6:07AM 1.34	6:49PM 1.91		6:44AM 1.13		7:25PM 1.90	7:58AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)			7:46PM 0.74	8:47AM 0.47		9:05PM 0.70	10:37AM 0.36		10:19PM 0.62	10:28AM 0.34		11:26PM 0.51	11:01AM 0.09		12:27AM 0.41	12:06PM 0.23		1:24AM 0.33	12:36PM -0.00		2:13AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	7	4	2	3	1	2	4	-	1	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	20	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	20
Low °C	18	20	18	20	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	20	19	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	20	19	20	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 S	1.3 E	0.4 S	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	6	9	8	7	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	10	12	12	16	11	16	8	13	11	9	10	10	11	11	10	13	9	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	-	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7

	Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	350	306	291	213	86	100	231	199	201	130	355	158	215	221	168	245	373	358	486	664	365	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.45					2:10PM 1.12				2:00AM 1.52				3:12PM 1.39				3:02AM 1.32				3:54PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				7:51AM 0.21				7:46PM 0.74				8:47AM 0.47				8:39PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	3	1	1
Temp. °C	17	16	17	18	20	20	19	19	20	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	18	20	20	19	19	20	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.4 S	1.3 E	0.3 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	9	9	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	9	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	10	10	19	12	12	12	12	12	9	16	12	11	11	11	11	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	-	-	1.4 E	-	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	7	8	-	-

	Sun	Monday 08
	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	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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Miami State High School QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Miami State High School QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Tugun QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	442	350	350	311	300	306	281	202	291	205	209	213	209	206	86	88	103	100	116	99	231	120
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	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)			12:52AM 1.45														2:10PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)										7:51AM 0.21												7:53PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.8 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	10	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6