Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 08 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
25.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 1PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)9910101010101099910111010101313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133139148151160160157219211144171225198264254249236372286444507623545513
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
W
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
0.88
12:22AM
1.27
12:56PM
0.82
1:33AM
1.25
2:28PM
0.83
2:44AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
0.46
5:21PM
0.43
7:24AM
0.49
6:23PM
0.50
8:46AM
0.46
7:44PM
0.52
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------
Sunset---5:36-------5:35-------5:34----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212527262323222121242524232221212124252422222120
Feels °C (?)222527262424242323252524242322232224242222222120
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