Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 23 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Duranbah surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Duranbah sea temperature is
26.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 1AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
0
3
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)8899999910101010101212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56271983892110431067109013161219121912431157108819892147270027892653219618661735140611841065
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
1.75
12:42PM
1.29
1:27AM
1.70
1:50PM
1.18
2:43AM
1.67
3:21PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.40
6:58AM
0.53
6:36PM
0.48
8:16AM
0.61
7:39PM
0.57
9:48AM
0.64
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:52-------6:51
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11---123221-------------
Temp. °C232222222123232322222120212426252322212121242525
Feels °C (?)222120201921222221222120212325252424232323252425
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