Gold Coast Surf

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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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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Tugun QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Miami State High School QLD - Gold Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.5 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SSE	1.1 E	2.0 SE	4.5 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	1.6 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	8	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	11
Energy	369	363	1041	390	466	428	829	4824	938	1313	4460	4225	2323	1053	1803	1261	724	1635	1141	1536	1307	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 1.14		11:04PM 1.92	11:52AM 1.09		11:58PM 1.83	1:00PM 1.07		12:55AM 1.74		1:51PM 1.24	1:55AM 1.65		3:09PM 1.11	2:59AM 1.34		3:58PM 1.42	3:53AM 1.51		4:51PM 1.54		4:41AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		4:09PM 0.14		6:16AM 0.41	5:28PM 0.46		7:21AM 0.42	6:08PM 0.62		7:56AM 0.52		7:20PM 0.70	8:50AM 0.53		8:48PM 0.47	9:43AM 0.19		9:51PM 0.73	10:22AM 0.50		11:03PM 0.46	11:02AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	21	21	17	20	19	16	19	19	17	21	21	19	19	18	19	22	22	20	21	20	18	20
Low °C	19	21	14	18	17	15	17	18	14	20	20	18	18	18	18	21	19	18	20	18	16	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	16	20	18	15	18	18	16	21	21	19	19	18	19	22	22	20	21	20	18	20
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 SE	2.0 SE	0.5 E	2.0 ESE	-	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 E	-	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	17	9	14	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.6 S	1.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	4.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	2.4 ESE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	8	3	9	3	4	11	4	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	8

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	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	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay 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	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	2	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	2.1 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SE	1.1 E	3.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11
Energy	727	422	369	369	572	363	869	1046	1041	1127	1429	390	413	466	1485	431	428	2049	653	829	4164	4824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	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	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:13PM 1.99				10:38AM 0.99				11:04PM 1.92				11:52AM 1.09				11:58PM 1.83				12:42PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			5:14AM 0.38				4:13PM 0.43				6:05AM 0.16				5:06PM 0.53				6:57AM 0.49	7:21AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	19	21	21	18	17	16	14	14	18	20	19	17	16	16	16	15	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	19	21	21	17	16	15	12	13	17	20	18	16	15	15	15	13	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 E	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	-	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 NE	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	0.7 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	11	9	9	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	3.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period (s)	4	3	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	3	9	9	8	3	3	9	4	4	10	11

	Tue	Wednesday 20
	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	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah 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	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	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	North Stradbroke-Cylinders QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	2	3	2	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8
Energy	561	727	727	489	432	422	422	422	369	369	369	369	369	572	572	568	634	363	762	816	869	934
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	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	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 1.84												10:51AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)								5:14AM 0.38											4:13PM 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	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	19	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	19	19	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 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
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8