Southport Main Beach Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (27.98° S 153.43° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 16 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 22.7° 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 4PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s
Evening (16 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s

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

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	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
	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	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	SE	E	E	E	E	NE	NE	SE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	14	14	10	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	9	6	6	6	6	4	4	5	5	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	56	8	4	4	7	2	7	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	9	9	11	20	32	35	71	75
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:52AM 1.23				5:40PM 1.21				6:29AM 1.33				6:19PM 1.19					7:04AM 1.42			6:55PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)			11:44AM 0.45				11:55PM 0.22				12:30PM 0.41				12:26AM 0.18					1:12PM 0.38			12:56AM 0.16

	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
Sunrise	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	24	24	23	22	22	21	23	29	30	30	25	23	21	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20
Feels °C (?)	22	22	24	24	22	22	21	21	22	27	26	26	23	20	18	18	20	22	21	19	19	21	20	21

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