Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
23.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 1PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
1
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101010101010101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28428422927922321616816216416115912512394121205118120118909092138178
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
15
NW
20
N
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
N
30
NNE
30
ENE
5
N
5
W
5
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
1.59
9:27PM
1.01
10:00AM
1.58
10:08PM
0.96
10:39AM
1.56
10:54PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
0.37
3:04AM
0.25
4:41PM
0.38
3:40AM
0.31
5:27PM
0.40
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise4:43-------4:43-------4:43-------
Sunset---6:20-------6:21-------6:22----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------131---
Temp. °C222423232222222223232626242323222427282223232323
Feels °C (?)222322222324252526242625242525242527271926262625
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