Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
22.1°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 (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (28 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
ESE
7
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.7
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
E
8
0.3
SE
11
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
11
0.3
SE
11
0.3
E
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
46
37
56
55
50
34
51
64
21
20
19
18
19
30
28
28
31
19
13
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:27PM1.19m
10:05AM1.71m
10:18PM1.10m
10:58AM1.67m
Low Tide
3:43PM0.27m
3:17AM0.16m
4:40PM0.32m
4:02AM0.23m
5:45PM0.37m
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light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
25
23
22
21
19
19
19
22
22
21
20
20
18
18
18
20
21
20
20
19
Feels °C
26
24
22
22
19
18
17
19
18
17
17
19
17
17
18
19
20
19
19
19
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