Snapper Rocks Surf Report & Forecast
Surf Report, Surf Forecast & Surf Cam
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Current Surf Conditions
Condition Rating
Surf Height
3-4FT+
Waist to shoulder
Swell
Wind
12KTSS
22kts gusts, Offshore
Tide
Temperature
69°F
2mm wetsuit
Gold Coast Forecast
Anthony Spinks •Today
Fun sized clean surf on the points as the SE swell fills in.
A mix of smaller fading E swell and building SE swell keeps the surf fun sized with head to overhead surf at exposed beaches and magnets, up into the shoulder/head high range for the tops of the outer points.
The points and S wind sheltered spots will offer the cleanest conditions and best quality across the coast in the AM under S winds.
Winds trending more S during the afternoon, adding more cross to onshore texture to open beaches while protected points remain the pick.
Snapper Rocks Surf Forecast
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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