Surfers Paradise surf break

Surfers Paradise surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
26.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 6AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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


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Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
SE
1.1
E
1.5
E
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2
E
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)8118810101010101096787888999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76279133133154196260255230192169761111821312795636828851050661690708753
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
1.49
11:01AM
1.27
11:36PM
1.49
11:44AM
1.14
12:32AM
1.46
12:36PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
0.37
5:13AM
0.42
5:11PM
0.37
6:07AM
0.47
5:52PM
0.38
7:10AM
0.53
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----5:50-------5:50-------5:50---
Sunset-------5:55-------5:54-------5:52
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--2-1----11-11-11111----
Temp. °C232222212224252523222221212425242322222222242526
Feels °C (?)232222202122222322222120202221212220202020202122
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