Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 6AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
1.6
ESE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
E
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)77888910109988999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393465302450498275273267256308461383254318275283240202207207168162162129
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
1.24
10:36PM
1.52
10:37AM
1.14
11:16PM
1.47
11:17AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
0.42
3:58PM
0.32
4:58AM
0.49
4:30PM
0.38
5:47AM
0.56
5:06PM
0.46
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--5:56-------5:58-------5:58-----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:38-------5:37--
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
22----------------------
Temp. °C212120222323212121202022232221201918182124232221
Feels °C (?)191716161617161617161618191818181818182122222221
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