The Desert

Brisbane, Australia

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 7:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward WNW, with moderate cross-shore wind toward N.

Swell

0.6 m

WNW

6 s

Wind

18 km/h

N

Cross-shore

Tide

0.8 m

Rising

Weather

17 °C

Light drizzle

20 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

26 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 18 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 5 s

WNW

26 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 5 s

NW

23 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

NW

24 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

NW

22 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

NW

19 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

18 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

18 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

19 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 17 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

17 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 18 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

WNW

15 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

N

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 19 °C

11 AM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

16 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

N

Offshore

1.6 m

Drizzle · 20 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

18 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.8 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

18 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.8 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

16 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1.8 m

Mostly clear · 21 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

14 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NW

Offshore

1.6 m

Clear · 20 °C

4 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

12 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 20 °C

5 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

10 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 19 °C

6 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

9 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

WNW

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 18 °C

7 PM

Fair

0.6 m · 5 s

WNW

8 km/h · 16 km/h gusts

W

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 17 °C

8 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

WNW

7 km/h · 13 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 17 °C

9 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

5 km/h · 11 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 17 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

5 km/h · 9 km/h gusts

WSW

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 16 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

W

5 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 16 °C

Nearby spots

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