Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 19 Apr 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
25.2° 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: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)999910101010101610101014991010101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4334544364875295407176256036497425676312348828828885885121011741207151813111238
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
1.28
9:26PM
1.79
9:46AM
1.15
10:18PM
1.76
10:40AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
0.03
2:52PM
0.02
4:04AM
0.08
3:34PM
0.08
5:05AM
0.16
4:22PM
0.16
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset-----5:24-------5:23-------5:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919212321201919191821242220191817172122211919
Feels °C (?)171717192018181817171617191717161615141718181717
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