Southport Main Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 27.98° S 153.43° E

Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 06 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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
1.3
SSE
5
1.7
SSE
5
1.6
SE
6
1.5
SE
7
1.3
SE
7
1.2
SE
8
2
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
0.9
ESE
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
194
180
140
129
161
99
74
73
71
51
71
153
196
218
194
160
608
516
125
68
49
44
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
25
N
30
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SE
25
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
4:56AM1.01m
5:09PM1.50m
5:52AM1.14m
6:02PM1.52m
6:36AM1.26m
6:47PM1.50m
Low Tide
10:28AM0.37m
11:49PM0.23m
11:33AM0.29m
00:29AM0.17m
12:26PM0.23m
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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1
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2
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Temp °C
19
21
23
21
20
20
20
19
20
22
21
19
18
18
17
16
16
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
18
20
21
17
18
20
19
19
19
16
15
12
11
12
12
12
12
14
13
15
15
16
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