Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 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
26.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 6PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.3
E
1.1
SE
1.1
E
1.1
SE
1
E
0.9
SE
0.8
E
0.8
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)11111111111011111010101010101078891014141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141211521008925839374302281231212170130117104104106276284360387536614667573
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
1.14
4:06AM
1.69
4:53PM
1.19
5:20AM
1.74
6:01PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.64
9:03PM
0.63
11:09AM
0.59
10:31PM
0.62
12:09PM
0.53
11:44PM
0.56
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:51-------6:49-------6:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212526262424242221282927211716141520212121201918
Feels °C (?)232626272525252223262622161213101217181819191816
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