Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 06 Apr 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
25.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 12AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)--
Evening (07 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)99999999999999910101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)240240202207171171168136106133130129102102106117117120153149142139136139
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
SW
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
1.47
11:17AM
1.05
12:00AM
1.42
12:05PM
0.97
12:51AM
1.37
1:08PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
0.38
5:47AM
0.56
5:06PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.61
5:49PM
0.53
7:58AM
0.62
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------5:58---
Sunset-------5:37-------5:37-------5:36
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019181823252523222222202426252323222221232424
Feels °C (?)191919181721232323222323212525242324242524252424
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