Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
21.0°C
0.1° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 11PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
SE
4
1
SE
7
0.9
SE
8
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
8
1.2
SSE
9
0.8
SE
9
1.3
SSE
6
1.5
SSE
8
1.8
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
42
102
96
506
477
81
78
73
58
59
55
217
88
108
292
614
673
520
459
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:20PM1.45m
7:38AM0.99m
8:06PM1.48m
8:23AM1.10m
8:48PM1.46m
Low Tide
12:33PM0.27m
2:06AM0.29m
1:32PM0.23m
2:43AM0.27m
2:23PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:35
5:36
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
19
20
17
16
16
15
16
19
19
19
18
18
16
16
16
16
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
14
15
13
13
13
13
15
17
17
17
17
17
14
12
10
10
11
11
12
11
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