Burleigh Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.09° S 153.46° E

Burleigh Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Burleigh Heads sea temperature is
22.3°C
0.5° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Burleigh Heads at 7PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Thu morning, min 19°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
NNE
5
1.3
NNE
5
1.5
N
6
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.9
N
6
1.2
N
5
1.4
N
6
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.9
N
6
1.1
N
5
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
1.7
SSE
6
1.3
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
98
154
20
19
29
29
29
54
85
121
33
33
33
35
38
58
55
51
50
50
216
163
Wind (km/h)
20
N
10
SSE
5
E
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
3:10PM1.46m
4:08AM1.15m
4:07PM1.42m
5:00AM1.29m
4:57PM1.37m
5:44AM1.41m
Low Tide
10:01PM0.18m
9:55AM0.38m
10:45PM0.13m
10:58AM0.34m
11:23PM0.10m
clear
thunderstorm
heavy rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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35
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Temp °C
25
22
19
19
19
19
22
28
30
28
24
24
21
21
24
29
32
30
21
20
19
19
20
Feels °C
25
23
21
20
19
18
23
26
27
27
23
22
19
19
22
25
28
30
18
17
17
18
19
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