Southport Main Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Southport Main Beach today (03 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Southport Main Beach at 10AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (03 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (03 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 3								Saturday 4								Sunday 5
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	NE 7	ESE 10	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 9	E 9	ESE 13	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	SSE 7	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	56	135	125	115	78	78	73	57	68	66	106	78	57	51	184	289	274	251	242	233	181	143	150	169
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	SW	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide					10:23AM1.08m				10:34PM1.62m				11:03AM1.10m				11:10PM1.56m				11:46AM1.12m
Low Tide			4:39AM0.29m			3:52PM0.35m					5:15AM0.30m				4:34PM0.39m				5:51AM0.31m				5:21PM0.45m


	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	18	18	17	20	23	22	21	20	18	15	15	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	15	15	17
Feels °C	17	17	15	18	21	21	19	17	14	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 8	E 8
kJ	38	84	120	115	78	78	73	57	68	66	106	78	48	48	184	289	274	251	242	233	181	143	86	130
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NE 7	E 15	E 15	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 12	NNE 7	SSE 7	NE 6	S 11	SE 11	NE 9	SE 10	E 14	E 14	ESE 14
kJ	56	49	125	75	32	33	19	19	21	17	4	32	57	51	5	5	2	2	5	3	4	34	35	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 8	S 10	E 12	—	E 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NNE 7	S 10	NE 10	—	—	NE 9	NE 8	N 8	—
kJ	10	11	2	12	—	11	28	28	18	16	3	3	19	11	7	5	2	4	—	—	3	3	1	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NE 7	N 5	—	NNW 2	WNW 2	WNW 2	WNW 3	WSW 3	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 4	SE 4	S 7	S 6	SSE 4	S 2	S 3	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	151	135	21	—	1	1	1	3	1	1	5	13	25	18	20	77	52	33	1	1	23	64	150	169
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	8	18	24	24	16	10	10	16	16	24	64	18	18	992
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1		1	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	9	2	6	8
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