Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 10 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 3PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212131313131313131313131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176219219367411522454519530599722595577560560560488572581599736869856974
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
WSW
10
S
5
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SE
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
0.91
2:54AM
1.36
3:51PM
0.97
3:57AM
1.39
4:51PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.60
7:59PM
0.63
10:12AM
0.55
9:15PM
0.62
10:55AM
0.48
10:20PM
0.57
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:34-------5:32-------5:31----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212425242322212120242726242322212025282724201818
Feels °C (?)222524232322202119222523232323222025262620161415
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