Southport Main Beach surf break

Southport Main Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
25.2° 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 9AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)999988555666666677777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28272526143140403436395258606066668999127131131131191220
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
1.16
11:05AM
1.65
11:35PM
1.15
11:46AM
1.51
12:23AM
1.14
12:25PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:30AM
0.29
5:46PM
0.28
5:18AM
0.38
6:27PM
0.32
6:09AM
0.48
7:08PM
0.35
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--4:56-------4:56-------4:58-----
Sunset-----6:46-------6:46-------6:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232324252525242323232424252523232423242425262524
Feels °C (?)242323232323232223232323242422222322232325262624
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