Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 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 2PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s 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)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999910101010101112121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101610679909841085113311531129106412021702200020692104192118051641137211731034885787698615
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
1.29
1:27AM
1.70
1:50PM
1.18
2:43AM
1.67
3:21PM
1.14
4:06AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
0.53
6:36PM
0.48
8:16AM
0.61
7:39PM
0.57
9:48AM
0.64
9:03PM
0.63
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:51----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1121121-----------------
Temp. °C212324232222212021232525232221212125252524242323
Feels °C (?)192122222122212021222425242423232327242524242223
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