Snapper Rocks Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
FAIR TO GOOD

Surf Height

4-6FT+

Observed

Chest to 1ft overhead

Smart Cam

Swell

5.5FT10s
E83º
2.9FT9s
SSE152º
0.6FT15s
S169º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

2KTSSSW

4kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

1.8FT

Temperature

69°F

spotName Wind & Weather
63ºF

2mm wetsuit

Max Stanley-Jones

Gold Coast Forecast

Max Stanley-Jones •

Today

Light winds and more manageable clean surf. E'ly swell train continues to deliver across the points

We're seeing calm offshore's from light SW winds and the head high E swell continues to deliver across the coast. Points are on for another fun morning with slightly overhead sets at the tops and some good bowly sections.

With those pesky SE winds gone it's also a morning worth scoping out those open stretches. There will be plenty of mixed up banks further North, so there might be a search for some new zones.

Light onshores will texture the arvo so get out there for the early.

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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