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Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 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
27.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 2PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)777777888887777777777786
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9794947779791091071009590868686678278731101171361645858
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SE
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
1.85
9:31PM
1.73
9:47AM
1.79
10:09PM
1.78
10:25AM
1.69
10:49PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
0.30
3:36AM
0.30
3:57PM
0.28
4:18AM
0.31
4:30PM
0.30
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---6:59-------6:57-------6:55----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-131311--21-----11------
Temp. °C232323232222212121222424232222222123252423232322
Feels °C (?)252424252424222222222424242323222123242323232221
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