Duranbah Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.17° S 153.55° E)

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Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 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 21.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 2AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (21 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s

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

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	Mon 20		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	69	51	51	147	147	115	115	126	169	202	293	267	267	193	189	158	151	193	154	166	162	206	207	226
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 1.55				8:41AM 1.67				8:46PM 1.48				9:16AM 1.70				9:19PM 1.40				9:50AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				2:20AM 0.28				2:51PM 0.39				2:49AM 0.28				3:31PM 0.42				3:17AM 0.31				4:10PM 0.47

	Mon 20		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	20	24	23	23	21	20	20	20	21	24	24	23	21	21	21	20	22	27	27	22
Feels °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	22	21	22	21	20	21	20	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	22	28	25	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Duranbah (light winds from the NNW at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Duranbah). 0.8m 8s swell from the E with a 0.5m 8s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
48 minutes ago Duranbah

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Actual: 48 min ago

17 km/h

NNW

Cross-Shore

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