Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.2° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 9AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
1.2
SSE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.2
SE
7
0.9
ESE
6
1.9
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.6
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
232
232
194
132
194
99
99
99
74
73
71
69
61
148
161
166
156
63
548
474
69
68
49
55
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNE
30
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
20
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
4:56AM1.01m
5:09PM1.50m
5:52AM1.14m
6:02PM1.52m
6:36AM1.26m
6:47PM1.50m
Low Tide
11:02PM0.32m
10:28AM0.37m
11:49PM0.23m
11:33AM0.29m
00:29AM0.17m
12:26PM0.23m
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Temp °C
20
19
19
22
24
23
21
20
21
19
21
22
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
18
18
18
18
17
Feels °C
20
18
18
21
22
20
20
19
20
19
19
16
14
12
12
13
12
12
12
14
14
15
16
16
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