Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 07 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 1.1°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 7AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
E
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2
E
1.9
E
3
SE
Period(s) (?)999999988888866677778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)723656588575503493421356351302310219363222275366421449510675837529488866
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
1.33
10:34PM
1.38
10:32AM
1.19
11:14PM
1.32
11:08AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.24
4:11PM
0.15
4:41AM
0.34
4:41PM
0.23
5:27AM
0.44
5:15PM
0.32
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise--5:41-------5:41-------5:41-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:10-------6:09--
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11------------11112221--
Temp. °C242424262626242423232325262524242323232425252322
Feels °C (?)252525272526252625242425252423232222222223232222
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