Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
21.9°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 12PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (07 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (07 Oct)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Wed morning, calm by Thu night).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
1.4
SE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.3
SE
7
1.1
SE
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
10
1
SE
9
0.5
SE
10
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
11
0.6
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
69
69
119
171
187
157
167
147
61
64
152
48
53
44
53
39
38
49
50
69
73
75
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NW
20
N
30
N
35
N
30
N
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:52AM1.14m
6:02PM1.52m
6:36AM1.26m
6:47PM1.50m
7:16AM1.37m
7:27PM1.46m
Low Tide
11:33AM0.29m
00:29AM0.17m
12:26PM0.23m
1:05AM0.12m
1:14PM0.19m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
22
23
20
19
19
18
18
17
16
19
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
21
22
21
20
19
Feels °C
21
17
14
12
13
13
13
13
12
15
13
14
15
16
17
16
16
19
17
16
17
16
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