Duranbah surf break

Duranbah surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
25.9° 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 6PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
3
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)121313131313131313131314141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51358179279276974973774765376078295711421279142214421463146313171162961812690507
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
1.18
3:54AM
1.60
4:48PM
1.30
4:49AM
1.66
5:32PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.77
9:11PM
0.85
10:50AM
0.67
10:24PM
0.76
11:28AM
0.56
11:20PM
0.64
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:00-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212527252423212020242524222019191821222221202019
Feels °C (?)202325232323222021252424232017181720202019191917
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