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Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm 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
26.7° 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 11PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm 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-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)--
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
Sunday
15
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
ESE
2
SE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121112121212121211117788888887877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1087931815830844874936889123413101565716799891908885939811678579315507270256
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.81
3:45AM
1.24
4:21PM
0.86
4:44AM
1.34
5:15PM
0.95
5:29AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Sunday
15
Sunrise------5:45-------5:45-------5:46-
Sunset-6:07-------6:06-------6:05------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------112221221---------
Temp. °C292725242423222725242323232222232322222221212122
Feels °C (?)292727262626242825232121211919191818191918191920
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