Mermaid Beach surf break

Mermaid Beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 AEST
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Mermaid Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mermaid Beach sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mermaid Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mermaid Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)677777665666666667687777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43343518184114123170655639312622915102330302929
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
E
10
E
15
E
5
ESE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glassonononoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.95
7:47PM
1.38
8:06AM
1.05
8:25PM
1.37
8:43AM
1.14
8:59PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
0.30
1:16PM
0.28
2:25AM
0.29
2:04PM
0.27
2:54AM
0.28
2:47PM
0.28
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--5:39-------5:39-------5:37-----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:40-------5:40--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------12-1---------
Temp. °C171717202222202020191919181918181716162021211919
Feels °C (?)171818212121202018181818171818171715151919191919
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Mermaid Beach (calm at Miami 3 km from Mermaid Beach). 0.7m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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