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Southport Main Beach Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /
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Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 2AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Southport Main Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Mon 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 50 | 49 | 49 | 99 | 99 | 119 | 90 | 134 | 166 | 180 | 203 | 199 | 199 | 168 | 147 | 147 | 177 | 222 | 243 | 126 | 123 | 126 | 211 | 180 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:30PM 1.31 | 8:03AM 1.43 | 8:02PM 1.26 | 8:36AM 1.47 | 8:34PM 1.20 | 9:10AM 1.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:37AM 0.12 | 2:07PM 0.27 | 2:04AM 0.11 | 2:45PM 0.29 | 2:33AM 0.13 | 3:25PM 0.32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mon 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:03 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 19 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Southport Main Beach (light winds from the NW at GoldCoastSeaway 4 km from Southport Main Beach). 0.8m 8s swell from the E with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the ENE and a 0.2m 6s windswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 8 min ago
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