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5:50 am 3 Dec 2011


Duranbah ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.2
Consistency of surf: 3.8
Difficulty level: 2.8
Wind and kite surfing: 1.3
Crowds: 1.4

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Duranbah Surf Forecast / Queensland – Gold Coast / Australia

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 21 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Duranbah surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
Swell Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.9
ENE
0.8
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E
0.7
E
0.5
E
1.6
SSE
2.0
SE
1.7
SE
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ESE
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0.9
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0.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
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Period (s) (?) 8 8 8 9 9 5 8 8 7 7 11 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 109 90 69 73 38 128 507 344 183 136 72 88 56 61 108 137 128 156
Wind
(km/h)
30
W 20
W 35
WNW 25
W 25
SSW 40
SSE 30
SSE 25
SSE 25
SSE 20
SSE 30
S 25
SSE 20
SSE 25
SE 25
SSE 25
SE 20
SE 20
SE
Wind State (?) off cross-
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cross cross cross cross cross-
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cross cross cross cross cross cross cross
Key to wind character - offshore winds at Duranbah blow from the WSW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
2.04
8:31AM
1.39

8:58PM
2.04
9:21AM
1.36

9:43PM
2.00
10:09AM
1.32

10:29PM
1.92
10:59AM
1.30

11:13PM
1.82
11:50AM
1.28

11:57PM
1.71


Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.24

2:17PM
0.22
3:35AM
0.26

3:03PM
0.28

4:24AM
0.31
3:48PM
0.37

5:11AM
0.37
4:34PM
0.47

5:58AM
0.44
5:23PM
0.58

6:44AM
0.49

 

Note: the tide data above is for Point Danger, Australia which is 0 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Duranbah. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Duranbah sea temperature is 22.5 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 22.6 max: 23.8 min: 21.4 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sun night, strong winds from the SSE by Wed morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
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Summary clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs light rain rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - - - 1 1 - - - 3 1 2 7 3 4 7 4 4
High °C 15 15 15 11 17 18 16 18 17 15 17 17 16 16 16 16 17 17
Low °C 11 13 12 10 15 17 15 17 16 14 15 16 15 16 16 15 17 17
Chill °C (?) 13 13 13 8 15 17 14 17 16 14 16 16 15 15 15 15 16 16
Sunrise - 6:31 - - 6:31 - - 6:31 - - 6:31 - - 6:33 - - 6:33 -
Sunset - - 16:57 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 - - 16:55 - - 16:55
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Duranbah is 5 km (3 miles) from Banora Point. If you plan a holiday in Gold Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Banora Point. Banora Point has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.