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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	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	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads 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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Nobby's Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	0	1	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	56	51	31	32	1827	2506	1073	828	576	512	222	128	125	152	359	368	747	1066	565	266	287	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		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	2:05AM 1.37		2:58PM 1.14	2:45AM 1.33		3:54PM 1.28			4:49PM 1.50
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		8:07AM 0.41		7:53PM 0.61	8:47AM 0.47		8:39PM 0.47	9:40AM 0.37		10:17PM 0.57	10:13AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	9	4	13	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	16	19	20	15	18	18	16	16	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	21	21
Low °C	18	13	15	16	13	16	17	16	15	17	19	20	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	15	19	20	14	17	18	15	15	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 E	0.9 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	6	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	11	9	8	16	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	-	0.3 W	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	-	-	1.9 E	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	2	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	6	6	7	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04				Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	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	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - 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	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.8 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	1.9 SSE	2.3 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	56	56	69	55	51	33	32	31	35	32	64	123	1827	2566	2295	2506	1021	1073	919	2042	828	1661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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)	11:29AM 0.85				11:04PM 1.59				11:33AM 1.01				11:27PM 1.72				12:11PM 1.17				12:27AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)							5:55AM 0.41				4:37PM 0.35				6:18AM 0.25				5:23PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	17	16	14	14	13	15	19	20	16	14	14	13	14	16	18	18	16	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	15	12	12	11	14	19	20	16	13	13	12	13	15	17	18	15	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 N	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	2.0 SSE	0.9 SE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	10	10	10	9	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 S	1.9 SSE	2.3 S
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	-	2	2	3	3	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Thursday 04													Friday 05
	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	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach 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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	76	55	56	56	56	56	55	54	69	54	55	55	55	51	51	53	53	33	33	32	32	31
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:47AM 1.02	11:29AM 0.85												11:04PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)							4:12PM 0.43													5:55AM 0.41
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	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	21	21	21	20	19	16	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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 N	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	10	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3