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Burleigh Heads surf break

Burleigh Heads surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 27 Oct 2025 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
21.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Burleigh Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 8AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 27). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (27 Oct)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
1.5
SSE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)98151499108777899101077788777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242321201816185545637674910112410891108838556612720646298319284285
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
35
S
35
S
20
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
0.91
11:11AM
1.37
11:41PM
0.85
12:08PM
1.34
12:58AM
0.83
1:14PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
0.38
6:09PM
0.41
5:09AM
0.45
7:19PM
0.41
6:13AM
0.49
8:28PM
0.36
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Sunrise--4:58-------4:58-------4:56-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:01-------6:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------123259----1--
Temp. °C222224303335292220191918171718181718192021202020
Feels °C (?)232325293134281715161514141416171416181920202121
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