Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Issued: 3 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is

22.6°C

Southport Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 11PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu night, light winds from the N by Fri night).
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	NNE 6	E 8	SSE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 8	E 8	SSE 10	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 5	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	56	53	50	52	71	51	49	34	35	37	35	35	36	36	37	39	56	57	57	40	97	40	58
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	N	NNW	W	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross
High Tide			5:31PM1.36m				6:14AM1.34m				6:16PM1.32m				6:55AM1.44m				6:57PM1.27m
Low Tide	11:18AM0.38m				11:52PM0.20m				12:13PM0.33m				00:27AM0.16m					1:01PM0.30m			1:00AM0.14m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—
	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	6:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	32	31	28	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	23	25	24	22	22	21	20	20
Feels °C	28	29	25	16	17	17	17	19	20	19	18	20	19	19	19	22	23	23	22	23	22	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 9
kJ	56	53	50	50	47	49	49	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	39	56	57	57	40	31	26	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NE 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 5	E 5	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	E 12	E 9	E 9	NNE 6
kJ	7	12	11	7	6	7	7	20	21	37	19	11	11	10	7	6	5	2	2	11	40	40	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	E 12	E 12	NE 12
kJ	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	20	20	9	8	7	4	4	4	8	25	25	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NNE 6	—	SSE 5	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	—	—	—	NNW 2	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	N 5	S 8	SSE 4
kJ	—	52	—	52	71	51	47	24	20	13	13	—	—	—	—	1	7	24	21	23	97	28	6
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	0	8	76	64	24	13	18	62	24	153	1	0	1	1	97	512	160	164	0	0	48	64
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			1	2	2	1	2		1	1	1	1					1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	2	5	5
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