Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Southport Main Beach sea temperature is
22.0°C
0.2° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 11PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)--
Afternoon (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
1
ENE
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
1.3
SSE
5
1.5
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.6
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
321
329
266
260
218
218
180
180
151
99
99
161
96
73
69
69
97
133
172
207
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
20
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:03PM1.46m
4:56AM1.01m
5:09PM1.50m
5:52AM1.14m
6:02PM1.52m
Low Tide
11:02PM0.32m
10:28AM0.37m
11:49PM0.23m
11:33AM0.29m
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clear
clear
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Temp °C
23
21
20
20
19
19
19
21
22
21
20
19
19
19
21
22
20
18
18
18
Feels °C
21
19
19
19
19
18
18
20
21
19
18
18
18
19
20
16
14
11
11
12
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