Surfers Paradise surf break

Surfers Paradise surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
23.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 10PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)--
Afternoon (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101081157777444101010101044555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1844737362220183726393912131110107771427171518
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
0
S
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
1.04
8:20AM
1.50
8:23PM
0.99
9:09AM
1.56
9:11PM
0.94
9:57AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
0.35
1:38AM
0.19
3:01PM
0.33
2:22AM
0.17
3:55PM
0.32
3:07AM
0.17
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise------4:41-------4:41-------4:41-
Sunset-6:29-------6:30-------6:30------
clear
clear
clear
part 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. °C232322212120202323232221202021242524222221202225
Feels °C (?)202020202120212221212121202021232322212121202223
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