Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Issued: 9 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is

22.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 3PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	10s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (10 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 58mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Wed morning, calm by Thu night).
	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	690	650	596	500	442	370	320	274	269	214	214	169	138	126	86	92	103	78	62	113	165	36	36	35	34
Wind (km/h)	ENE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	N	N	NNE	ESE	NE	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	ENE	NNW	SSW	SSE	SSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	on	on	cross	off	glassy	cross-off	glassy
High Tide		8:10AM1.64m				8:20PM1.09m				8:46AM1.62m				8:59PM1.03m				9:23AM1.58m				9:40PM0.98m
Low Tide				2:43PM0.21m				2:05AM0.16m				3:23PM0.23m				2:40AM0.21m					4:05PM0.26m			3:17AM0.27m


	4:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:47	—
	—	—	—	6:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	6:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	19	3	1	—	—	—	—	30	2	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	21	24	23	21	21	21	20	21	26	26	23	20	20	20	21	22	27	28	20	21	21	20	20	21
Feels °C	20	21	23	21	19	20	21	20	21	26	24	23	19	19	20	21	23	27	28	18	22	23	22	21	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	N 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	690	650	596	500	442	370	320	274	269	214	214	169	135	108	86	84	64	45	44	43	38	36	139	67	95
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	26	26	26	27	27	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	126	17	17	16	16	16	15	13	13	36	35	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	—	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	N 15	NNE 10	NNE 10	E 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	31	30	30	30	—	30	30	30	18	17	4	10	10	17	10	10	10	10	10	5	4	4	20	12	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 3	N 4	NNE 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	—	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 5	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 6
kJ	—	—	2	13	52	83	90	97	85	67	100	123	138	—	77	92	103	78	62	113	165	160	82	66	124
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	14	166	785	166	147	49	49	49	88	317	49	88	26	0	49	0	0	149	26	0	3	0	3	0
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