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Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 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
26.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 5AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)888899121010101012121212121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412346339313320320754588521441501730730647647559455447439447455401387645
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
N
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.28
1:20PM
0.92
2:41AM
1.27
2:46PM
0.88
3:56AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.49
8:27AM
0.69
7:29PM
0.55
10:01AM
0.66
8:42PM
0.57
11:05AM
0.59
Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise----5:43-------5:43-------5:45---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:07-------6:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242222212225252524232221212628272525252424252525
Feels °C (?)222020202223232425252321212527272627282726262524
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