Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
20.6°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 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 10PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ESE
4
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
11
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.9
NNE
5
1.3
N
6
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
1.4
N
6
0.3
E
10
1.1
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
76
15
15
15
15
26
19
15
15
15
17
40
114
18
18
17
17
137
17
55
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
1:33PM1.39m
1:43AM0.92m
2:57PM1.41m
3:25AM0.88m
4:23PM1.48m
Low Tide
8:29PM0.53m
7:48AM0.39m
10:10PM0.48m
9:14AM0.39m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
24
22
20
19
19
18
17
20
23
22
20
20
19
19
19
26
28
31
20
19
Feels °C
22
21
21
21
20
18
16
20
22
20
20
20
18
17
16
22
25
28
16
15
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