Surfers Paradise Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Gold Coast (23 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.00° S 153.43° E)

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Surfers Paradise surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 19 Aug 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 21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	126	115	122	201	128	143	152	141	134	206	114	125	221	280	182	214	264	248	380	339	439	390	362	327
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:38AM 0.79				6:31PM 1.39				6:44AM 0.82					7:25PM 1.45				7:38AM 0.88				8:13PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:30AM 0.45				11:17AM 0.31					1:33AM 0.38			12:28PM 0.27					2:21AM 0.33				1:26PM 0.24

	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	3	6	3	-	-	1	3	2	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	10	10	9	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	16	14	15	15	14	16	16	14	15	15	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Gold Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Surfers Paradise (light winds from the SSW at Gold Coast Seaway 7 km from Surfers Paradise). 1.2m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 0.9m 10s swell from the ESE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 13 minutes ago Surfers Paradise

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Cross-Off

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