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Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 AEST
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Burleigh Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is
26.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 3PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Burleigh Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
Period(s) (?)1212121211121212121212111177788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11861186108793181583084487488988983313051396639700799908908893811742531502519
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.81
3:45AM
1.24
4:21PM
0.86
4:44AM
1.34
5:15PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.56
8:32PM
0.50
10:49AM
0.47
9:52PM
0.45
11:35AM
0.36
10:50PM
0.36
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise5:43-------5:45-------5:45-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:05----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------112231221-------
Temp. °C212628272424242322262624232323222223232322222121
Feels °C (?)212627272526262625282723212121191918181918191918
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