Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 28 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
26.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 10AM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (28 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.4
E
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)628639599486463251441468229235241273317460460463394384373364355289406449
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
1.65
6:05PM
1.06
6:30AM
1.73
6:51PM
1.17
7:12AM
1.77
7:31PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.23
12:31PM
0.19
11:51PM
0.13
1:11PM
0.11
12:40AM
0.06
1:45PM
0.05
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset-----6:20-------6:19-------6:17--
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
3-------------12111111--
Temp. °C232323242525242323222325252423232323232424242323
Feels °C (?)222121212222222222222324242323232323232323232222
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