Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Issued: 9 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is

22.6°C

Southport Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 12PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

Table - waves today at Southport Main Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Fri night, strong winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	E 8	E 8	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 5	SE 6	SSE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	49	49	35	37	35	35	36	36	37	56	56	57	57	40	46	40	58	41	96	447	493	546	388	939	758
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	E	E	ENE	N	NW	WNW	NW	N	N	NNE	NNW	NW	W	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide	6:14AM1.34m				6:16PM1.32m				6:55AM1.44m				6:57PM1.27m					7:33AM1.52m				7:35PM1.22m
Low Tide			12:13PM0.33m				00:27AM0.16m					1:01PM0.30m			1:00AM0.14m					1:46PM0.29m				1:31AM0.13m


	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:48	—
	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	6:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	23	25	24	22	21	20	19	19	23	22	19	18	18	16	14	16
Feels °C	18	18	20	19	18	20	19	19	19	22	22	22	21	23	21	17	17	20	17	12	10	12	11	10	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	49	49	35	35	35	11	10	36	37	56	56	57	21	18	16	14	58	41	4	21	66	47	47	273	185
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 10	SE 10	E 8	E 9	E 5	E 4	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 12	NE 6	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 11	E 10	E 10
kJ	4	20	21	37	25	35	36	11	10	7	10	10	57	40	40	40	14	7	22	1	21	20	12	48	46
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	NE 12	NE 10	NE 12	SSE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 12	E 11	NE 12	NNE 6	NE 6	N 6	NE 13	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	4	4	3	3	1	27	20	19	8	6	4	6	9	11	25	25	6	23	36	6	1	1	7	4	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	—	—	N 5	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	S 3	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SSE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	47	17	18	13	13	—	—	—	2	9	10	24	45	39	46	—	4	19	96	447	493	546	388	939	758
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	4	2
Distance (km)	64	24	18	18	62	24	24	1	0	0	0	97	551	262	160	0	0	24	64	24	181	181	456	266	18
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast		Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks	North Stradbroke - Pt Lookout	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks	Narrow Neck	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera					Tallebudgera	Currumbin Point	Rainbow Bay		Kirra					Kirra
Rating (10 max)		1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1					1	1	1		1					2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	1	2	5	5	1	3	3	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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