Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
22.2°C
0.3° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 9PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (09 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Fri afternoon, light winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
11
1.1
NNE
5
1.1
N
6
1
N
6
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.7
NNE
6
0.4
E
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.9
NNE
5
1
N
5
0.9
NNE
5
0.8
NNE
5
0.9
NNE
5
1
NNE
5
1
NNE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
51
58
69
74
69
37
36
35
29
18
27
25
39
54
45
33
40
51
49
Wind (km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
N
10
SW
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:27PM1.46m
7:54AM1.45m
8:03PM1.39m
8:31AM1.50m
8:38PM1.30m
Low Tide
1:14PM0.19m
1:38AM0.10m
1:58PM0.18m
2:09AM0.09m
2:40PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
22
21
20
20
19
18
19
24
25
20
19
19
19
19
19
24
25
23
22
21
Feels °C
18
16
17
17
16
16
17
22
23
21
19
19
19
19
18
23
22
22
22
22
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