Mackay Harbour Beach

Mackay Harbour Beach is an E-facing beach break in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. It picks up swell from NNE and ENE and SE, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 86% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 350.2° (N) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 190 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

E (90°)

Best swell

SE (125°–131°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

SW to NW offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

NNE (21° to 26°); ENE (61.5° to 66.5°); SE (125.5° to 133°)

Rare slot

island gap, 350.2° N

Offshore wind

W

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

1 (1 plays here)