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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	2.0 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy	296	467	411	310	371	249	374	306	625	510	450	298	298	229	220	194	162	130	192	126	143	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:49PM 1.91		6:50AM 1.10		7:25PM 1.90	7:58AM 1.29		8:28PM 2.04	8:50AM 1.27		9:09PM 1.97	9:50AM 1.16		10:17PM 1.84	10:44AM 1.14		11:06PM 1.75	11:39AM 1.13		11:55PM 1.63	12:36PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 0.33	12:39PM 0.02		2:13AM 0.05		1:42PM 0.21	3:10AM 0.25		2:29PM 0.24	3:59AM 0.03	4:11AM 0.29	3:08PM 0.02		5:03AM 0.29	4:00PM 0.10		5:55AM 0.31	4:55PM 0.47		6:46AM 0.33	5:55PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	19	17	18	19	18	20	20	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	19	18	18	21	21
Low °C	19	19	19	18	16	17	18	17	19	19	16	17	18	15	17	18	16	18	18	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	19	17	18	19	18	20	20	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	19	18	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	9	12	11	10	10	10	-	17	16	15	13	7	7	10	6	10	7	7	6	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	9	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tue
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast	Akkorokamui 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	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	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	232	296	390	454	467	330	450	411	420	310	410	419	371	326	319	249	360	374	373	399	306	440
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			6:49PM 1.91				6:50AM 1.10					7:25PM 1.90				7:58AM 1.29				8:17PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 0.26					1:24AM 0.33			12:54PM 0.20					2:13AM 0.05				1:42PM 0.21				3:07AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	16	17	19	18	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	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 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	-	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	20	9	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	5	5	5	5	7

	Saturday 13													Sunday 14
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - 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	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point 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
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	296	296	232	232	201	296	341	341	390	396	399	454	454	467	467	364	322	330	490	440	450	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	on	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									6:49PM 1.91												6:50AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)			12:05PM 0.26													1:24AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	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 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-