Kirra surf break

Kirra surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 AEST
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Kirra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kirra sea temperature is
27.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kirra today?

The current surf forecast for Kirra at 10AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)888888877777777777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27027022120720219116315512712311693747773929797979797117153153
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
0
NE
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
1.78
6:44PM
1.46
6:57AM
1.84
7:20PM
1.57
7:34AM
1.86
7:55PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.60
12:51PM
0.49
12:33AM
0.49
1:22PM
0.41
1:14AM
0.40
1:53PM
0.34
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--5:46-------5:47-------5:47-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00-------6:00--
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clear
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221222424232323222225252524232221222425252323
Feels °C (?)222220222423232324232325242525252422222424252323
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