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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	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast	Broadbeach QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.7 E	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	7	9	9	8	9	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9
Energy	254	296	208	173	127	105	275	101	273	389	64	63	94	33	77	68	49	92	80	114	72	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:55PM 1.54	7:22PM 1.59	7:21AM 1.15		7:59PM 1.64	7:39AM 1.03		8:07PM 1.60	8:20AM 1.01		10:09PM 1.48	9:08AM 1.22		9:48PM 1.66	10:44AM 0.87		10:25PM 1.63	10:47AM 1.02		12:01AM 1.42	12:18PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 0.27		1:44AM 0.44		1:09PM 0.26	2:26AM 0.42		1:44PM 0.27	2:47AM 0.25		1:56PM 0.22			2:55PM 0.33		5:39AM 0.45	3:33PM 0.38		5:12AM 0.40	3:55PM 0.30		6:59AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	21	22	17	21	20	16	18	18	15	20	21	18	22	22	17	20	22	16	18
Low °C	17	18	15	18	18	14	19	18	13	16	17	12	16	20	15	19	19	15	18	18	13	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	17	21	22	16	21	20	15	18	18	14	20	21	18	22	22	16	20	22	16	18
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 NNE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	7	9	9	8	9	10	6	9	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.7 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	6	4	10	10	10	10	10	13	9	8	9	9	8	6	9	6	6	10	8	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NW	1.0 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	9	7	4	-	3	-	8	7	-	2	3	3	6	3	3	3	5	3	-	-

	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui 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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10
Energy	384	315	258	254	302	296	201	205	208	203	287	173	127	127	125	105	105	528	284	275	102	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:41AM 1.17					7:22PM 1.59				7:21AM 1.15				7:59PM 1.64				7:39AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01AM 0.46			12:12PM 0.17					1:44AM 0.44				1:09PM 0.26				2:07AM 0.27				1:44PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	16	17	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	18	21	22	18	17	16	15	14	19	21	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	16	18	20	18	17	16	15	14	18	21	22	18	16	15	14	13	19	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 S	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 S	0.7 NNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	0.1 NE	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	6	9	9	4	5	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	9	9	7	7	10	4	-	-	-	9	9	3	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29
	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	Narrow Neck 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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Nobby's Beach QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	395	392	384	326	320	315	314	307	258	258	258	254	255	302	302	302	296	296	207	295	201	205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									6:41AM 1.17													7:22PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				1:01AM 0.46											12:12PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	6	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	4	4