Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 22 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
26.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Duranbah today?

The current surf forecast for Duranbah at 5AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.8
E
2
E
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)1010998888888999999991010101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)279231199151111130167412539645755832947977907802117210389409801026112415701688
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
1.78
11:49AM
1.43
12:26AM
1.75
12:42PM
1.29
1:27AM
1.70
1:50PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.34
5:56AM
0.44
5:47PM
0.40
6:58AM
0.53
6:36PM
0.48
8:16AM
0.61
Sun
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------6:53-------6:52-------6:52
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-11113221--1122111-----
Temp. °C222222212023232322222222222424232222212122242524
Feels °C (?)222222212022222221212121202223222222212122242424
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