Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
21.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 6AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
NNW
1.4
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.2
E
0.9
NNW
0.9
N
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
ENE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)6111145561155111111105557666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1052121319111710893245999251422134313546473124
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.05
4:54PM
1.65
5:28AM
1.16
5:47PM
1.72
6:15AM
1.28
6:32PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
0.45
10:04AM
0.44
11:41PM
0.38
11:08AM
0.39
12:24AM
0.33
12:01PM
0.33
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--5:41-------5:41-------5:39-----
Sunset-----5:38-------5:38-------5:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818222421212120211922222019181817182020201919
Feels °C (?)171616192119202120211720181718181817192119181818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Previously calm conditions have become cross-shore at Duranbah (light winds from the NNW at Coolangatta Airport 5 km from Duranbah). 0.3m 11s groundswell from the E with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
NNW
Cross-Shore
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