Cylinder Beach
North Stradbroke Island, QLD · Australia
Rating right now
Minjerribah's jewel — a postcard pocket beach between the Point Lookout headlands, punchy peaks over sand and rock, dugongs in the bay and a ferry ride that keeps the crowds honest.
Today's surf at Cylinder Beach
Updated 20:14 spot time
Cylinder Beach surf report for Sunday 27 Sept: waves 1.0 m–1.5 m head high to overhead, 1.0 m E swell at 5.95 s. Wind up to 12 km/h NE. Water 22°C. Best surf window around 04:00 — fun (3/5) with 10 km/h SW wind.
Snapshot from the Sunday 27 Sept build — the live hourly forecast below updates every hour.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Know before you go
Best swell
E–SE
Best wind
W–SW
Ideal size
3–6 ft
Break type
Beach break
Best season
Year-round; February–June biggest
Crowd
Moderate
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
Nearby spots
Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast, QLD · Australia
Snapper Rocks
Gold Coast, QLD · Australia
Kirra
Gold Coast, QLD · Australia
First Point, Noosa Heads
Sunshine Coast, QLD · Australia
The Pass, Byron Bay
Northern NSW · Australia
Lennox Point
Lennox Head, NSW · Australia
New to reading forecasts?
Two short guides that make the numbers above make sense.