Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 AEST
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Southport Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southport Main Beach 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 Southport Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 12PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
1.1
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.4
NE
1.3
SE
1.4
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)14141414888888101010101010961488888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5453535378761211389215915419020825524535130810867198238283522723
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
1.54
9:57PM
1.65
10:12AM
1.43
10:44PM
1.64
10:59AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.26
3:34PM
0.24
4:10AM
0.32
4:13PM
0.29
5:06AM
0.41
4:57PM
0.35
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--5:48-------5:50-------5:50-----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:55-------5:54--
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--111--1211---1111111111
Temp. °C222121232424232222222224252423222121212324242322
Feels °C (?)232121222323222121212121232222212019192020212020
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