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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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 Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1223	3666	1095	892	1330	472	229	310	301	258	295	222	243	316	309	180	130	163	153	99	99	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 1.72	12:11PM 1.17		12:27AM 1.49		1:09PM 1.21	1:02AM 1.59		2:10PM 1.29	2:00AM 1.52		3:12PM 1.39	3:02AM 1.46		4:10PM 1.52		4:03AM 1.27	5:05PM 1.65		5:07AM 1.24	5:59PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27AM 0.59	5:28PM 0.72		7:11AM 0.56	6:31PM 0.74		7:58AM 0.52		7:46PM 0.74	8:38AM 0.18		9:05PM 0.70	9:25AM 0.15		10:17PM 0.57	10:28AM 0.33		11:09PM 0.32	11:16AM 0.29		12:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	1	-
High °C	15	18	17	16	16	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	21	20	20	21	20	17	19	19	17
Low °C	13	16	17	15	15	17	18	19	19	17	17	19	18	19	20	19	20	19	16	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	16	15	15	18	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	21	20	20	21	20	17	19	19	17
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	2.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.9 SE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	12	11	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	-	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	10	11	10	9	9	-	6	6	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-

	Fri		Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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 Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay 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	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	8	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6
Energy	100	454	1223	2189	1035	3666	1206	1095	1163	2169	892	722	646	1330	503	472	449	463	229	311	315	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			11:27PM 1.72				12:11PM 1.17				12:27AM 1.49				1:00PM 0.96	1:09PM 1.21				1:02AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	4:37PM 0.35				6:39AM 0.42				5:23PM 0.40					7:11AM 0.56			6:18PM 0.45					7:58AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	13	13	16	18	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	12	12	15	17	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	17	18	19	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.8 SSE	0.9 SE	2.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 SE	2.1 SSE	0.9 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.9 SSE	0.3 E	1.7 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	3	9	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	6	6	6	6

	Friday 05							Saturday 06
	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 Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Miami State High School QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	78	41	100	102	125	454	671	937	1223	1594	2115	2189	2312	2976	1035	1052	1131	3666	3622	1210	1206	1183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								11:27PM 1.72													12:11PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	4:36PM 0.68	5:52PM 0.43													6:39AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	16	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	15	15	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	2	3	3	3	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10