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Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 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
26.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 8AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.2
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)111112121211111112121212121111117788891010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9721064114111411041861764777791819833833735119313761487720740776776813815876761
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
5
SW
10
SW
10
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
1.48
3:30PM
1.07
4:47AM
1.53
5:20PM
1.12
5:49AM
1.61
6:23PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.90
9:17PM
0.80
11:59AM
0.81
10:50PM
0.77
12:43PM
0.70
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:05-------7:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121262727242424232226252423232322222323232222
Feels °C (?)232221262627252527262528262321212119191819191919
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