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Surfers Paradise Surf Forecast
/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (69 breaks) / Australia (814 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.00° S 153.43° E)

Surfers Paradise Surf Forecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

Actual: 44 min ago

How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?
The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 3PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (11 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
Afternoon (11 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
Evening (11 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Surfers Paradise. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 403 | 360 | 303 | 258 | 253 | 253 | 229 | 234 | 196 | 189 | 154 | 148 | 92 | 74 | 74 | 58 | 76 | 102 | 98 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 58 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 115 | 94 | 96 | 83 | 90 | 115 | 115 | 90 | 87 | 67 | 120 | 85 | 76 | 95 | 95 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 44 | 35 | 43 | 43 | 88 | 392 | 576 | 497 | 125 | 125 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:20AM 0.95 | 8:57PM 1.59 | 9:08AM 1.00 | 9:43PM 1.59 | 9:54AM 1.06 | 10:26PM 1.55 | 10:39AM 1.10 | 11:07PM 1.47 | 11:24AM 1.12 | 11:46PM 1.36 | 12:11PM 1.13 | 12:25AM 1.24 | 1:04PM 1.12 | 1:04AM 1.10 | 2:05PM 1.11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:11PM 0.20 | 3:44AM 0.29 | 3:02PM 0.19 | 4:24AM 0.29 | 3:50PM 0.21 | 5:02AM 0.31 | 4:37PM 0.25 | 5:38AM 0.33 | 5:23PM 0.32 | 6:13AM 0.36 | 6:11PM 0.40 | 6:48AM 0.37 | 7:02PM 0.48 | 7:25AM 0.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Nerang River (Bundall), Australia which is 1 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Surfers Paradise.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
Summary | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C (?) | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Sunrise | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:24 |
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