Burleigh Heads Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.09° S 153.46° E)

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Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 21.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 10AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	N	N	N	N	NW	N	NNW	NNW	NW	S	ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	15	14	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	11	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	2	2	2	4	4	51	39	41	44	49	42	43	32	50	66	104	53	78	55	28	18	21	10
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:29AM 1.05				5:48PM 1.59				6:13AM 1.16				6:28PM 1.61				6:51AM 1.26					7:03PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			11:15AM 0.24				12:26AM 0.16				12:02PM 0.17				12:59AM 0.11				12:44PM 0.13					1:27AM 0.07

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	22	20	19	17	17	17	17	20	22	21	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	21	20	19	18	17
Feels °C (?)	19	21	19	17	18	17	17	18	18	20	21	19	18	19	19	18	17	16	17	19	18	18	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Burleigh Heads (calm at Miami 3 km from Burleigh Heads). 0.8m 4s local chop from the S with a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 32 min ago

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