Queensland, Australia

Kirra buoy: live swell

Kirra, on the Gold Coast, is a barrelling right that only really works on cyclone swells or south-east swells. The Tweed Heads buoy is 4 km away, and the Tweed Offshore buoy watches the open sea.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for Kirra

Check this one first3.5 km south-east

Tweed Heads Mk4

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot.

Swell
1.1 m
Period
9 s
Direction
E 97°
Max
1.7 m
Water
21 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 09:30 PM

Offshore14 km south-east

Tweed Offshore

It sees the swell coming before it reaches the coast.

Swell
1.9 m
Period
6 s
Direction
S 162°
Max
3.1 m
Water
22.9 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 09:30 PM

4.1 km west

Wind · Coolangatta

24 km/h
S

Reading at 11:00 PM

Tides at Gold Coast Seaway

  • Low tide11:44 PM0.17 m
  • High tideFri 06:10 AM1.42 m · coef. 70
  • Low tideFri 12:06 PM0.32 m
  • High tideFri 06:06 PM1.37 m · coef. 74

Kirra wave forecast

Wave model ECMWF WAM 28 km · updated

Thu 5/11
High tide05:26 AM1.3m61
Low tide11:12 AM0.36m
High tide05:22 PM1.42m65
Low tide11:44 PM0.17m
Fri 6/11

0.9-1.1m

87 kJ

1m 6s

98°

1.2-1.5m

111 kJ

1.4m 5s

139°

1.4-1.7m

157 kJ

1.5m 6s

137°

1.3-1.6m

146 kJ

1.4m 6s

131°

1.2-1.5m

135 kJ

1.3m 6s

127°

1.1-1.4m

126 kJ

1.3m 6s

124°

High tide06:10 AM1.42m70
Low tide12:06 PM0.32m
High tide06:06 PM1.37m74
Sat 7/11

1.1-1.4m

164 kJ

1.3m 7s

131°

1.2-1.5m

187 kJ

1.3m 7s

132°

1.2-1.4m

184 kJ

1.3m 7s

132°

1.1-1.3m

157 kJ

1.2m 7s

130°

1-1.2m

137 kJ

1.1m 7s

126°

1-1.2m

119 kJ

1.1m 7s

118°

Low tide12:17 AM0.14m
High tide06:49 AM1.52m77
Low tide12:55 PM0.29m
High tide06:45 PM1.31m80
Sun 8/11

1-1.2m

97 kJ

1.1m 6s

80°

0.9-1.1m

94 kJ

1m 7s

81°

0.9-1.1m

89 kJ

1m 7s

79°

0.9-1.1m

85 kJ

1m 7s

93°

1-1.2m

104 kJ

1.1m 7s

128°

1.4-1.7m

165 kJ

1.5m 6s

148°

Low tide12:47 AM0.13m
High tide07:26 AM1.59m82
Low tide01:40 PM0.27m
High tide07:23 PM1.25m84
Mon 9/11

2.1-2.6m

565 kJ

2.3m 7s

154°

2.3-2.8m

785 kJ

2.5m 8s

157°

2.2-2.7m

821 kJ

2.4m 8s

157°

1.9-2.3m

564 kJ

2.1m 8s

156°

1.6-2m

426 kJ

1.8m 8s

155°

1.5-1.9m

429 kJ

1.7m 9s

154°

Low tide01:17 AM0.13m
High tide08:00 AM1.64m84
Low tide02:22 PM0.27m
High tide08:00 PM1.19m84

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