Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 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
25.9° 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 12PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)141313131313131313131314141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61869478089176074973775977177178294311781298142214701491149113441189986836713530
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
0.89
3:44AM
1.36
4:35PM
0.99
4:34AM
1.45
5:18PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
0.39
9:02PM
0.49
10:41AM
0.29
10:06PM
0.41
11:20AM
0.19
11:00PM
0.32
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:00-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202528262423212020242725222019181821222221201918
Feels °C (?)202426242324222122242524221917171720202020191816
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