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Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 10 Feb 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 9PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)--
Afternoon (10 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (10 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
1
SE
Period(s) (?)888888889888888888577776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)907298787878585871686563646363604229282828272783
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
S
10
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
10
ESE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrossoffoffcross-
off		crossonononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.96
3:40AM
1.24
3:08PM
0.90
4:50AM
1.31
4:44PM
0.90
5:42AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
0.47
10:33AM
0.69
9:27PM
0.48
11:40AM
0.61
10:29PM
0.46
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise------5:24-------5:26-------5:26-
Sunset-6:35-------6:35-------6:34------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------52699
Temp. °C262624242322232527262524242324292927262524232222
Feels °C (?)282725262524252728282826262526302827282825222222
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