Alexandra Headland surf break

Alexandra Headland surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 28 Aug 2025 AEST
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Alexandra Headland surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Alexandra Headland sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Alexandra Headland today?

The current surf forecast for Alexandra Headland at 7PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)--
Afternoon (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (28 Aug)4ft (1.2m)12s

Table - waves today at Alexandra Headland. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)111212111111111110101010101010101010101010101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)44146446438035830928923919018018015013913310310578775654565982250
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
1.41
10:55PM
1.31
11:57AM
1.35
11:26PM
1.18
12:57PM
1.31
12:06AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.58
5:19AM
0.36
5:57PM
0.70
5:55AM
0.42
7:11PM
0.79
6:42AM
0.48
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Sunrise------6:03-------6:03-------6:01-
Sunset-5:31-------5:32-------5:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242420171514141923221917161515171919161413121215
Feels °C (?)22231814121111152019171312101011111210887711
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Alexandra Headland (calm at Cotton Tree 1483 3 km from Alexandra Headland). A 1.2m groundswell from the E

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Actual: 47 min ago

4 km/h
NW
Clean
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