Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Issued: 3 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is

22.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today (06 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (06 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Fri night, strong winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 5	E 9	S 8	E 9	SSE 6	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	35	37	35	35	36	36	37	39	56	57	57	56	40	57	58	43	114	153	398	557	388	959	809
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	N	N	NNE	NNW	NNW	W	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide			6:16PM1.32m				6:55AM1.44m				6:57PM1.27m					7:33AM1.52m				7:35PM1.22m
Low Tide	12:13PM0.33m				00:27AM0.16m					1:01PM0.30m			1:00AM0.14m					1:46PM0.29m				1:31AM0.13m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:48	—
	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	6:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	21	20	20	20	19	20	23	25	24	22	21	20	19	19	23	21	18	18	18	17	15	16
Feels °C	20	19	18	20	20	19	20	22	23	22	20	22	21	17	16	20	16	11	11	12	13	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	35	35	35	15	16	16	16	15	56	57	57	18	21	19	58	41	3	78	66	68	71	279	222
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 10	SE 10	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	E 10	E 10
kJ	21	37	25	35	36	36	37	39	10	10	5	40	40	41	12	8	22	21	21	5	5	48	46
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 10	NE 12	SE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 12	E 11	NE 12	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 13	NE 13	NE 11	NNE 11
kJ	3	3	1	27	20	19	8	7	4	6	4	11	25	25	6	23	36	4	1	7	6	5	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	—	—	N 5	NNW 3	NE 5	NE 4	NE 4	N 5	NNW 5	S 8	SSE 3	SSE 6	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	18	13	18	25	—	—	2	3	17	19	19	56	36	57	8	43	114	153	398	557	388	959	809
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	4	3
Distance (km)	62	24	24	29	0	0	0	97	330	393	153	0	0	24	64	24	181	181	456	24	18	10	18
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2		1	1	1					1	1	1		2				2	2	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	2	5	5	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4

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