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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	Sun	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07
	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	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Mermaid Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Nobby's Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.4 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SE
Period(s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	75	478	219	55	37	33	73	58	52	51	61	73	54	48	59	108	1057	346	1113	1009	839	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 1.26		10:09PM 1.48	9:21AM 1.07		10:46PM 1.47	10:04AM 1.05		11:23PM 1.45	10:47AM 1.02		10:41PM 1.54	12:18PM 0.85		11:21PM 1.51	12:11PM 1.17		12:11AM 1.66		1:09PM 1.21	1:02AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			2:01PM 0.20			2:55PM 0.33		4:30AM 0.40	3:33PM 0.38		5:12AM 0.40	4:12PM 0.43		6:59AM 0.44	4:37PM 0.35		6:27AM 0.59	5:28PM 0.72		7:11AM 0.56	6:31PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	2	2
High °C	16	18	17	15	19	20	17	23	22	16	20	21	16	19	19	13	17	17	16	18	20	19
Low °C	14	16	16	12	15	19	14	18	19	13	17	18	13	16	15	12	16	16	15	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	15	19	20	16	23	22	15	20	21	14	19	19	12	16	16	15	18	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.9 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	7	9	11	9	6	6	11	12	4	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.4 S	-	-	0.3 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	2.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	2	8	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	6	10	10	10	10	10	9

	Sun		Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Mermaid Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 S	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	10	8	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	87	197	75	66	65	478	63	219	76	58	55	135	99	37	37	33	67	65	73	72	65	58
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		8:07PM 1.60				8:27AM 1.26					10:09PM 1.48			9:21AM 1.07				9:48PM 1.66	10:46PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)					4:18AM 0.46			2:01PM 0.20				3:27AM 0.24				2:55PM 0.33					4:08AM 0.25
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	14	14	16	18	17	16	15	14	12	12	15	19	20	19	18	16	16	14	18
Chill °C (?)	18	15	14	13	14	16	18	17	16	15	13	11	10	14	19	20	19	17	15	15	13	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.1 N	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	8	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	5	6	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	3	2	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	3

	Sunday 31	Monday 01
	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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Southport Main Beach QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	87	87	87	87	91	197	197	257	75	73	76	66	65	65	65	65	55	478	476	444	63	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					8:35PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)													4:18AM 0.46
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	20	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	8	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-