Winds start to ease off the Gold Coast

Gale force winds which forced the closure of Gold Coast beaches and whipped up dangerous surf conditions in southeast Queensland should ease on Friday.

A Bureau of Meteorology forecaster says the strongest recorded winds were at Double Island Point, north of Noosa on the Sunshine Coast, which reached 107km/h on Thursday.

While the winds will weaken on Friday, they are still expected to reach 60km/h.

"It will ease off overnight but there will still be strong winds tomorrow," the BoM spokesman said.