Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
22.4°C
0.5° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 2AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu morning, min 19°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NNE
6
1.2
NNE
6
1.4
NNE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.6
NE
6
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
1.2
N
6
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
8
1.1
SE
6
1.1
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.5
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
97
131
45
28
19
29
31
21
104
21
21
33
38
39
37
35
72
62
40
35
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:35AM1.09m
4:36PM1.39m
5:29AM1.22m
5:31PM1.36m
6:14AM1.34m
Low Tide
10:26PM0.30m
10:13AM0.44m
11:12PM0.24m
11:18AM0.38m
11:52PM0.20m
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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17
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Temp °C
22
20
19
19
20
27
30
28
25
24
23
22
23
29
32
31
22
20
19
19
20
Feels °C
23
21
18
18
20
24
28
27
24
22
20
19
20
25
28
29
17
16
16
17
18
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