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Snapper Rocks

Today's call

6/10

Today · Sat 31 Oct

Best window
05-08 AEST
Waves
3 ft 0.8-1.1 m
Period
11 s SE
Wind
glassy N 3 km/h
Tide
low rising low 04:19 · high 11:22 · low 18:29 · high 23:56

Worth it 05-08, clean waist-chest, glassy.

Wave height corrected on the Gold Coast buoy (Queensland DES): error 0.09 m vs 0.27 m raw on 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-29, days the model never saw.

Hour by hour today

  1. 05:00 · 3 ft 0.8-1.0 m511 s SE · glassy W 5 km/h · tide low rising
  2. 06:00 · 3 ft 0.8-1.0 m611 s SE · glassy W 2 km/h · tide low rising
  3. 07:00 · 3 ft 0.8-1.1 m612 s SE · glassy N 3 km/h · tide low rising
  4. 08:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m312 s SE · onshore NNE 8 km/h · tide mid rising
  5. 09:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m212 s SE · onshore NNE 12 km/h · tide high rising
  6. 10:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 15 km/h · tide high rising
  7. 11:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 17 km/h · tide high rising
  8. 12:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 18 km/h · tide high falling
  9. 13:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 20 km/h · tide high falling
  10. 14:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 21 km/h · tide high falling
  11. 15:00 · 3-4 ft 0.8-1.1 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 22 km/h · tide mid falling
  12. 16:00 · 2-3 ft 0.7-1.0 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 23 km/h · tide low falling
  13. 17:00 · 2-3 ft 0.7-1.0 m112 s SE · onshore NNE 22 km/h · tide low falling

Next days

Sun 1 Nov · 1 kiwis · 1/10 · 05-09

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1/10

Sun 1 Nov

Best window
05-09 AEST
Waves
2-3 ft 0.6-0.9 m
Period
9 s E
Wind
cross-shore NW 18 km/h
Tide
low falling low 05:30 · high 12:29 · low 19:36

Skip: wrong tide, knee-waist, cross-shore NW.

Hour by hour

  1. 05:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.9 m110 s E · cross-shore NW 17 km/h · tide low falling
  2. 06:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.9 m19 s E · cross-shore NW 17 km/h · tide low falling
  3. 07:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.9 m19 s E · cross-shore NNW 19 km/h · tide low rising
  4. 08:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m19 s E · cross-onshore NNW 20 km/h · tide low rising
  5. 09:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m18 s ENE · cross-onshore NNW 21 km/h · tide mid rising
  6. 10:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m18 s ENE · cross-onshore N 22 km/h · tide high rising
  7. 11:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ENE · onshore N 21 km/h · tide high rising
  8. 12:00 · 1-2 ft 0.4-0.5 m17 s NE · cross-onshore N 21 km/h · tide high rising
  9. 13:00 · flat16 s NE · cross-onshore N 25 km/h · tide high falling
  10. 14:00 · flat16 s NE · onshore N 24 km/h · tide high falling
  11. 15:00 · flat15 s NE · cross-onshore N 23 km/h · tide high falling
  12. 16:00 · flat15 s NE · cross-onshore NNW 24 km/h · tide mid falling
  13. 17:00 · flat15 s NE · cross-onshore NNW 20 km/h · tide low falling
Mon 2 Nov · 1 kiwis · 1/10 · 14-18

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1/10

Mon 2 Nov

Best window
14-18 AEST
Waves
2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m
Period
6 s ESE
Wind
cross-shore SE 17 km/h
Tide
mid falling high 01:30 · low 06:56 · high 13:45 · low 20:46

Skip: short weak swell, knee-waist, cross-shore SE.

Hour by hour

  1. 05:00 · flat16 s NE · cross-shore NW 7 km/h · tide low falling
  2. 06:00 · 1 ft 0.2-0.3 m16 s NE · offshore WSW 7 km/h · tide low falling
  3. 07:00 · 1 ft 0.3-0.4 m16 s NE · offshore S 9 km/h · tide low falling
  4. 08:00 · 1-2 ft 0.4-0.6 m16 s ENE · cross-offshore SSE 11 km/h · tide low rising
  5. 09:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m16 s ENE · cross-shore SE 11 km/h · tide low rising
  6. 10:00 · 2 ft 0.6-0.7 m16 s E · cross-onshore ESE 13 km/h · tide mid rising
  7. 11:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s E · cross-onshore E 17 km/h · tide high rising
  8. 12:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s E · cross-onshore E 19 km/h · tide high rising
  9. 13:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s ESE · cross-onshore ESE 20 km/h · tide high rising
  10. 14:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s ESE · cross-shore ESE 19 km/h · tide high rising
  11. 15:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s ESE · cross-shore SE 18 km/h · tide high falling
  12. 16:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s ESE · cross-shore SE 17 km/h · tide high falling
  13. 17:00 · 2-3 ft 0.6-0.8 m16 s ESE · cross-shore SE 14 km/h · tide mid falling
Tue 3 Nov · 1 kiwis · 1/10 · 05-09

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1/10

Tue 3 Nov

Best window
05-09 AEST
Waves
2 ft 0.5-0.7 m
Period
7 s ESE
Wind
glassy S 5 km/h
Tide
mid falling high 02:42 · low 08:12 · high 14:48 · low 21:38

Skip: small, knee-waist, glassy.

Hour by hour

  1. 05:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · glassy S 5 km/h · tide mid falling
  2. 06:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · glassy S 5 km/h · tide low falling
  3. 07:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · glassy S 4 km/h · tide low falling
  4. 08:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · cross-onshore E 6 km/h · tide low falling
  5. 09:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · onshore ENE 8 km/h · tide low rising
  6. 10:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · cross-onshore E 11 km/h · tide low rising
  7. 11:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m17 s ESE · cross-onshore ENE 13 km/h · tide mid rising
  8. 12:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s ESE · onshore NE 15 km/h · tide mid rising
  9. 13:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s ESE · cross-onshore N 16 km/h · tide high rising
  10. 14:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s E · cross-onshore N 19 km/h · tide high rising
  11. 15:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s E · cross-onshore N 20 km/h · tide high rising
  12. 16:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s E · cross-onshore N 24 km/h · tide high falling
  13. 17:00 · 2 ft 0.5-0.7 m18 s E · cross-onshore N 23 km/h · tide high falling

About Snapper Rocks

Faces
NNE (30°)
Best swell
E to S (80°-180°)
Offshore wind
from the SW
Best tide
mid
Good size
3-8 ft (1.0-2.5 m)
Too big above
11 ft (3.5 m)
For
intermediate+
Watch out
very crowded, strong current along the Superbank