Spot of the Week – Straddie Island

August 12th, 2010

Keen surfers anywhere can reel off any number of surf spots on Queensland’s Gold Coast. We’ll cover most of them in future postings, but for now we’re going to focus on North Stradbroke Island. Commonly known as Straddie, there’s a number of quality spots around. Here’s a breakdown of a few of them for you, along with a fun clip from a couple of years ago.

Surfer's Eye map for North Straddie / Cylinders

North Stradbroke & Cylinders
Catch the ferry from the harbour at Cleveland to Dunwich. Call 07 3488 5300 for Stradbroke Ferries. It costs about $17 return for the water taxi.
Cylinders: on northern tip. Long, barrelling R breaks over reef and sand bottom. Can be all-time. Holds up to 6-8ft of big SE swells, but cops the NE cyclone swells head-on. Intense takeoff. Long paddle-out (get a boat). Very isolated & sharky. Experienced surfers only. If wind is north, head to Main Beach for consistent beach-break peaks.

Surfer's Eye map for Straddie Main Beach

Straddie Main Beach
Take the same directions as for Cylinders, but it runs south from Point Lookout. In the centre of the E coast, very long sandy beach with numerous L & R beachies, quality is dependent on the banks. Most are best in up to 6ft SE swells but it works in NE’s too. Very isolated & sharky. Experienced surfers only. Uncrowded and best in early mornings or winter.

Surfer's Eye map for South Straddie

The Spit & South Straddie
Heading N on Gold Coast Hwy, turn R on Waterways begore the Gold Coast Br, L on Seaworld Dr to the end. Just off S break wall, a nice L breaks on the structured sand banks. Mellow, if short rides. Best in up to 6ft NE-SE swells. You can paddle across to South Straddie if wind more S. Both spots pull swell when it’s small, and generally have more power than Surfer’s breaks.

Here’s even more info for you on surf spots around the Gold Coast and the rest of Australia.

North Straddie >>

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