North Stradbroke Island Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report and Surf Forecast
Nearby Spots
Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
2-3FT
Thigh to waist
Swell
Wind
12KTSSW
12kts gusts, Cross-shore
Tide
Temperature
71°F
1mm wetsuit
Gold Coast Forecast
Tim Williams •Today
New S swell arrives bumping up wave heights. Biggest for the border magnets. SW wind and clean AM.
A short spike in S swell having moved up the NSW coast, possibly peaking through the morning. The steep angle won't offer much to the well sheltered points but enough for smaller waist to chest high surf for the tops of the points. Head high to slightly overhead sets for the border magnets.
Lighter SW winds early with plenty of clean options in the morning ahead of SW winds strengthening while trending S later. The points being the cleanest option all day.
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North Stradbroke Island Surf Guide
The source (of Straddie and its neighbor islands, Moreton and Fraser) is similar: ex-Ice Age meltdown and sea-level changes, helping to form sand barriers along a coastal fringe. Straddie is exposed to swell, particularly from the S-E -- an angle in which much of the Queensland coast tends to suffer. The epic wave on Stradbroke is Cylinders, a long, right point-style wave breaking along the northeast corner of the island and peeling for several hundred yards. Sand-bottomed and somewhat tidal, Cy... Read more