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Best Time to Surf Snapper Rocks

Gold Coast, Queensland

Snapper Rocks is a surf break in Gold Coast, Queensland, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Snapper Rocks is Feb & Apr, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.

Peak surf season: Feb & Apr.

Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

Peak surf season:FebApr
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 5.1ft average swell at 7.1 s from the E.
Feb: 5.3ft average swell at 7.2 s from the E.
Mar: 5.1ft average swell at 7.3 s from the ESE.
Apr: 5.3ft average swell at 7.5 s from the ESE.
May: 5.1ft average swell at 7.6 s from the ESE.
Jun: 3.5ft average swell at 7.9 s from the SE.
Jul: 4.5ft average swell at 7.3 s from the ESE.
Aug: 4.0ft average swell at 6.9 s from the ESE.
Sep: 4.3ft average swell at 7 s from the ESE.
Oct: 4.8ft average swell at 7.1 s from the ESE.
Nov: 3.9ft average swell at 6.3 s from the E.
Dec: 4.3ft average swell at 6.8 s from the ESE.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -28.0°, 153.5°.

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