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Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
26.3° C
 (Which is 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 6PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)777777777888888888866666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011494929210471897210584861088888888684845251643836
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
SE
10
S
5
S
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		onononcross-
on		onglassglasscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
1.70
10:21PM
1.30
10:35AM
1.58
11:01PM
1.29
11:09AM
1.44
11:43PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26PM
0.23
4:12AM
0.28
5:00PM
0.26
4:54AM
0.37
5:33PM
0.30
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise5:18-------5:20-------5:20-------
Sunset---6:38-------6:38-------6:37----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222323232222212020232424232222212224242423222222
Feels °C (?)202121212122212121232323242424232424232323232324
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