Snapper Rocks Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

3-4FT

Waist to chest

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

6.1FT7s
E83Âş
0.7FT16s
S172Âş
1.8FT8s
S175Âş
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

11KTSE

15kts gusts, Cross-shore

Model Forecast
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Tide

2.4FT

Temperature

71°F

spotName Wind & Weather
62ÂşF

1mm wetsuit

Anthony Spinks

Gold Coast Forecast

Anthony Spinks •

Today

Quality and options become limited due to the onshore conditions through the day. A bump in E swell

Afternoon Update: E swell has bumped up in the waist to chest high or so range, depending on location and exposure to the swell in the water. Cleanish surf for the S coast points. N coast beaches are lumpy and messy under under the E onshore winds across the region. It's nothing flash, but there's a grovel if you are keen.

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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