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Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 26 Jan 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
25.7° 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 7PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)--
Afternoon (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)141413131013121014551010999105599866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77718584967961168706906619612748554952025791892512514105257
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NNE
15
ESE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
1.23
2:33AM
1.37
2:32PM
1.11
3:58AM
1.45
4:02PM
1.04
5:17AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
0.39
9:04AM
0.62
8:57PM
0.40
10:44AM
0.59
10:09PM
0.38
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------5:13-------5:13-------5:13-
Sunset-6:44-------6:44-------6:43------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C302825242323232626252422201921242524232222232325
Feels °C (?)302928242222222422212120191820222120202019202021
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