Burleigh Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.7° 

Burleigh Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 12AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (01 Nov)5ft (1.5m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
1
N
4
1.1
N
5
1.3
N
5
1.5
N
6
1.5
N
6
0.3
SSE
10
0.5
E
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.5
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
63
66
44
31
32
32
38
53
85
141
144
19
22
20
20
19
19
20
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
N
25
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
High Tide
00:27AM0.91m
12:56PM1.56m
1:49AM0.93m
2:06PM1.50m
Low Tide
6:51PM0.25m
5:56AM0.32m
8:03PM0.26m
7:17AM0.38m
9:08PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
21
20
19
18
19
23
23
23
21
21
20
19
20
23
24
23
21
21
Feels °C
20
19
18
17
18
21
22
22
21
22
21
21
22
23
24
23
24
24
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