Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
21.4° 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 (08 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 9PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)--
Afternoon (08 Jul)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (08 Jul)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Wed afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SE
12
3
SE
11
2.5
SE
11
2.4
SE
11
2.4
SSE
11
2.3
SSE
10
1.4
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2
SSE
10
2
SSE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
2
SSE
10
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
1
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
792
844
2128
2157
1965
1483
1363
1254
1176
420
947
928
881
772
733
255
234
853
281
292
224
216
170
115
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
High Tide
2:27PM1.28m
2:21AM1.19m
3:36PM1.37m
3:30AM1.12m
4:46PM1.49m
4:48AM1.08m
Low Tide
8:38PM0.59m
8:52AM0.35m
10:03PM0.57m
9:50AM0.33m
11:23PM0.51m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:05
5:05
5:05
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
19
19
17
17
17
15
15
17
19
17
15
15
15
14
14
16
18
18
16
15
15
14
13
15
Feels °C
13
12
12
12
13
12
12
12
15
12
11
12
12
11
12
13
14
14
13
13
13
12
11
14
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