Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 AEST
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Southport Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 5AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.1
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1
ESE
2.4
SE
2.1
SSE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010101091013121211111111811111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)422163113263553082653243243249989792315855145426755442511388558527467408408
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
SSE
25
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
1.71
11:53AM
1.10
12:32AM
1.64
1:07PM
1.03
1:42AM
1.57
2:36PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
0.38
6:19AM
0.48
5:35PM
0.47
7:38AM
0.51
6:47PM
0.54
8:58AM
0.50
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:05-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------111-1111
Temp. °C201918171721232120191817182122222019191918212121
Feels °C (?)161515151417181616151414151617171615151514161717
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