Surfers Paradise surf break

Surfers Paradise surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 AEST
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Surfers Paradise surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
25.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 4AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Surfers Paradise. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)91099888999999999999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30031329329338335031830129524020220720717116613616213212912999102104115
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
1.40
11:19AM
1.03
12:12AM
1.36
11:58AM
0.94
1:01AM
1.31
12:47PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.39
6:01AM
0.57
5:28PM
0.41
6:49AM
0.60
6:03PM
0.44
7:46AM
0.62
Sun
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------5:58---
Sunset-------5:38-------5:37-------5:37
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222120201922232221201818182224242222212020242625
Feels °C (?)181717171619191818191718182122232222212020232524
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