Burleigh Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.7° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 11PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (30 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
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)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
9
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
1.2
N
5
1.3
N
5
1.4
NNE
5
1.6
N
6
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
185
177
146
143
113
119
105
94
94
64
68
66
49
47
32
37
63
85
109
163
Wind (km/h)
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
0
ENE
0
N
0
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:44AM1.71m
11:13PM0.95m
11:47AM1.63m
00:27AM0.91m
12:56PM1.56m
Low Tide
5:40PM0.20m
4:48AM0.23m
6:51PM0.25m
5:56AM0.32m
8:03PM0.26m
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Temp °C
21
21
20
19
18
18
19
21
21
21
20
20
19
18
19
23
24
21
20
20
Feels °C
19
20
19
20
19
19
20
20
19
20
18
18
18
17
17
21
22
19
19
20
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