Burleigh Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is
20.9°C
0.2° 

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 (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 1PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (07 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSE
8
1.8
S
8
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1.1
S
9
0.3
E
10
1.9
SSE
6
2
SSE
7
2
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
434
472
329
360
341
295
232
173
169
190
17
303
403
449
471
427
366
322
275
281
237
257
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
SE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
4:35AM0.95m
5:06PM1.64m
5:34AM1.06m
5:58PM1.73m
6:22AM1.18m
6:43PM1.78m
Low Tide
10:18AM0.24m
11:57PM0.18m
11:20AM0.14m
00:40AM0.09m
12:12PM0.06m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
17
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
17
20
19
20
17
16
17
15
15
19
20
19
18
18
Feels °C
16
18
17
17
17
18
16
16
16
16
14
15
13
14
14
13
13
18
17
17
17
18
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