Mermaid Beach surf break

Mermaid Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 02 Aug 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mermaid Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mermaid Beach sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mermaid Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mermaid Beach at 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)--
Afternoon (02 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (02 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Mermaid Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
ESE
3.5
SE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121299991112111113111011111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)991341321251221311021111192312727464120912530108714351284972822745997716643619
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
25
SW
35
S
35
S
25
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
1.08
3:21AM
0.84
5:16PM
1.12
4:43AM
0.79
6:09PM
1.19
5:54AM
0.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20PM
0.65
9:38AM
0.37
11:59PM
0.60
10:37AM
0.36
1:05AM
0.54
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:26-
Sunset-5:16-------5:16-------5:17------
clearclearclearclearclearclearpart cloudcloudcloudlight rainlight rainpart cloudcloudpart cloudcloudcloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
---------21-------------
Temp. °C171713119991315161617161615182020171615151418
Feels °C (?)111176666810101012111211141617151413131217
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mermaid Beach (calm at Miami 3 km from Mermaid Beach). 0.9m 10s swell from the SE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the E and a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell from the ESE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Mermaid Beach
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 0 min ago

3 km/h
SSW
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Mermaid Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest