Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.4° 

Surfers Paradise surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 11PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ESE
4
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
11
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.9
NNE
5
1.3
N
6
1.3
N
6
0.7
NNE
6
0.5
NNE
6
0.6
NNE
6
1.4
N
6
0.7
NNE
6
1.1
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
76
15
15
15
15
26
19
15
15
15
17
40
114
128
34
22
30
137
32
55
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:38PM1.24m
2:34AM0.80m
4:07PM1.27m
4:22AM0.76m
5:25PM1.33m
Low Tide
9:20PM0.52m
8:30AM0.33m
11:13PM0.48m
9:51AM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
24
22
20
19
18
18
17
20
23
23
20
20
19
19
19
27
28
31
20
19
Feels °C
22
21
21
21
18
17
17
20
21
21
20
21
18
16
16
23
25
28
17
15
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