Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 05 Apr 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
25.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 5AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SE
2.1
SSE
1.6
ESE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.8
SE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)88889888891010109999999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)708956906520409355318291459287262262257211207168168196164130162134148151
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
1.47
10:07AM
1.06
10:39PM
1.40
10:47AM
0.96
11:24PM
1.33
11:40AM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.32
3:59PM
0.27
5:12AM
0.39
4:35PM
0.35
6:10AM
0.46
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------5:58---
Sunset-------5:38-------5:37-------5:36
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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. °C222120191922232220191818182224232221212020252625
Feels °C (?)181817161719191818181818182122222221222120242525
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