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Kirra surf break

Kirra surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 12 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
26.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kirra today?

The current surf forecast for Kirra at 5AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (13 Mar)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.2
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)111112121212121111788889999777787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76477779181983313461573135016257998448669301039996891805715271271235286270242
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		glassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.53
4:20PM
1.12
4:49AM
1.61
5:23PM
1.22
5:38AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:17PM
0.80
10:59AM
0.81
9:50PM
0.77
11:43AM
0.70
10:57PM
0.70
12:18PM
0.59
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----5:43-------5:45-------5:45---
Sunset-------6:05-------6:04-------6:02
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cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1-14612211-----------
Temp. °C252424232326242323232222222223232322222121232423
Feels °C (?)262526252527232221211919181719191919191919202120
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