Snapper Rocks Surf Report & Forecast
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
3-4FT
Waist to chest
Swell
Wind
10KTSSSW
17kts gusts, Offshore
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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Snapper Rocks Surf Guide
On the north side of the point begins the extraordinary line of Snapper Rocks, Rainbow Bay and Greenmount Point, almost a mile of right sandbar pointbreak and probably the single most crowded surfing area in the world. The waves begin at Snapper, a gnarly outcrop of old lava rock set sideways to the line of coast; often they start with a dramatic, backwashy takeoff behind the rock, and run past another smaller outcrop known as Little Marley Point a couple hundred yards down the line before openi... Read more