Palm beach surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 AEST
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Palm beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Palm beach sea temperature is
21.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Palm beach today?

The current surf forecast for Palm beach at 6AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (03 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

Table - waves today at Palm beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.6
SE
1.2
ESE
0.9
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SSE
0.5
ENE
0.7
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)7776787101010977713111010101010111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2925172314099437949351322952174379573539117100106137115110
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
S
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
5
NE
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
1.01
5:01PM
1.55
5:36AM
1.15
5:44PM
1.65
6:15AM
1.30
6:26PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.25
10:30AM
0.33
11:45PM
0.14
11:21AM
0.21
12:20AM
0.04
12:09PM
0.10
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--5:24-------5:22-------5:20-----
Sunset-----5:46-------5:46-------5:47--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221918222120181817161620212019171717172021201918
Feels °C (?)181415181717171716151417171617161616171919181817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Palm beach (calm at Miami 5 km from Palm beach). 0.5m 7s swell from the E with a 0.4m 7s swell from the NE and a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 44 min ago

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SW
Clean
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