Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 04 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 (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 7AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (04 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Fri night).

Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
Sat
7
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
7
0.6
NE
6
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
1.1
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
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.5
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.8
ENE
5
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
29
19
19
29
20
21
85
21
21
33
38
38
37
35
59
50
43
35
50
35
35
35
35
35
36
36
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:35AM1.09m
4:36PM1.39m
5:29AM1.22m
5:31PM1.36m
6:14AM1.34m
6:16PM1.32m
6:55AM1.44m
Low Tide
10:26PM0.30m
10:13AM0.44m
11:12PM0.24m
11:18AM0.38m
11:52PM0.20m
12:13PM0.33m
00:27AM0.16m
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clear
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Temp °C
20
19
21
28
30
28
25
24
22
22
23
29
31
32
22
20
19
19
20
21
21
21
20
20
20
19
20
Feels °C
19
18
20
25
27
28
25
22
20
20
20
25
27
30
18
17
16
17
18
20
20
19
19
20
20
19
20
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