Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 25 Feb 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
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 10PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)--
Afternoon (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)888899999988888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)330330326341374412374422528959910889784570619686639654655697699659603599
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.89
3:28AM
1.44
3:55PM
0.88
4:42AM
1.54
5:10PM
0.95
5:42AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.33
10:36AM
0.40
9:41PM
0.31
11:42AM
0.29
10:54PM
0.23
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise------5:35-------5:35-------5:37-
Sunset-6:22-------6:22-------6:21------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------15345543421--
Temp. °C262524232222232626252524232323242424232423232225
Feels °C (?)262424232322222322222222232323242424232422212023
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