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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Tugun QLD - Gold Coast	Tugun QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	74	56	51	32	32	1532	2313	962	903	671	502	465	191	86	206	275	225	971	1010	898	808	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 1.02		11:04PM 1.59	11:33AM 1.01		11:27PM 1.72	12:11PM 1.17		12:27AM 1.49			1:02AM 1.59		2:10PM 1.12	2:00AM 1.52		3:12PM 1.39	3:02AM 1.46		4:10PM 1.52		4:03AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		4:12PM 0.43		5:55AM 0.41	4:56PM 0.49		6:27AM 0.59	5:28PM 0.72		7:11AM 0.56	6:18PM 0.45		7:58AM 0.52		7:46PM 0.74	8:38AM 0.18		9:05PM 0.70	9:38AM 0.40		10:17PM 0.57	10:28AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	3	1	14	4	7	1	-	-	6	1
High °C	20	21	16	19	20	15	18	18	16	18	18	19	20	20	18	18	19	18	20	20	20	21
Low °C	17	18	13	15	16	14	16	17	15	15	16	17	18	19	16	16	18	16	18	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	15	19	20	14	18	17	15	18	18	19	20	20	18	18	19	18	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.5 S	2.1 SSE	0.3 E	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.3 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 S	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	5	6	6	9	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	5	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 E	-	1.4 E	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	-
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	-	6	-	-	8	8	8	8	-

	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach 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	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	57	65	59	74	56	56	54	55	51	52	33	32	35	32	65	107	1532	1884	2201	2313	924	962
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:23PM 1.45				11:29AM 0.85				11:04PM 1.59				11:33AM 1.01				11:27PM 1.72				12:11PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)			6:19AM 0.45				5:10PM 0.39				5:55AM 0.41				4:37PM 0.35				6:27AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	17	20	21	17	16	14	14	13	15	19	20	16	14	14	13	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	16	20	21	16	15	12	13	11	14	19	20	15	13	13	12	14	15	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	6	12	12	6	5	5	5	10	9	5	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	11	11	10	10	10	10

	Wed	Thursday 04
	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	Broadbeach 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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Nobby's Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 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	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period(s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	57	57	57	76	62	65	62	78	59	75	72	74	75	55	56	56	56	56	55	54	54	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:23PM 1.45											10:47AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)								5:12AM 0.40	6:19AM 0.45										4:12PM 0.43
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	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	17	18	20	21	21	21	20	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 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	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 N	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	6	6	6	12	12	12	6	12	12	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4