Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Issued: 3 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is

20.7° 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 (29 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 6AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Evening (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	S 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	S 14	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 6	S 10	S 9	ENE 7	E 7	SSE 14	SSE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	51	32	29	29	24	18	18	15	9	29	31	31	17	17	18	166	131	108	369	332	36	40	39	229
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WSW	N	E	NE	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:46AM1.05m				8:07PM1.69m				8:21AM1.10m				8:39PM1.72m				8:56AM1.13m				9:11PM1.72m
Low Tide		2:12AM0.20m				1:29PM0.13m				2:44AM0.15m				2:04PM0.11m				3:16AM0.11m				2:39PM0.12m


	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	20	22	20	18	17	15	14	14	17	19	17	16	15	15	13	13	16	18	16	15	14
Feels °C	15	15	15	19	20	18	18	16	12	11	11	13	15	13	13	12	12	10	10	12	13	11	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	S 8	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 5	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7
kJ	51	32	23	24	24	18	18	15	9	29	31	31	25	24	25	19	32	20	54	52	36	33	22	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	NE 7	SSE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 13	E 7	SSE 11	S 10	ESE 13	ESE 13	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	8	15	29	29	18	10	9	8	11	5	17	17	8	13	18	14	23	51	17	17	11	10	10	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	—	SE 7	ESE 12	NE 7	S 7	ESE 13	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 13	ESE 13	S 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	NE 8	E 12	NE 8	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	ESE 13
kJ	12	12	12	11	—	8	15	7	8	16	2	2	17	17	16	16	17	15	3	3	36	40	39	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	WNW 2	—	—	—	—	—	S 7	S 3	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 6	S 10	S 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6
kJ	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	15	7	18	48	94	176	166	131	108	369	332	113	161	144	229
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	399	147	147	150	0	160	88	117	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	12	51
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