Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 20 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
25.1° 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: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)10101014109999101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80489878828149439429181037122311811288156315521478132612101061100392494210191058998851
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
1.15
10:18PM
1.76
10:40AM
1.02
11:16PM
1.68
11:45AM
0.93
12:22AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.08
3:34PM
0.08
5:05AM
0.16
4:22PM
0.16
6:13AM
0.24
5:20PM
0.26
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:05-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---5:23-------5:22-------5:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C172124222019181717212221201818171721222020181918
Feels °C (?)151719171716151414171717171616151517181617161716
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