Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.5° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 10PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
1
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.6
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
1.4
SE
7
1.7
SE
9
2
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
1.3
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
8
2.4
SSE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.5
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
74
58
58
43
62
107
189
460
712
673
520
1169
1093
270
241
769
229
250
202
173
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:06PM1.48m
8:23AM1.10m
8:48PM1.46m
9:04AM1.18m
9:26PM1.42m
Low Tide
1:32PM0.23m
2:43AM0.27m
2:23PM0.21m
3:18AM0.27m
3:09PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:50
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
5:36
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
17
19
18
17
17
17
15
14
16
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
18
17
17
18
15
12
10
9
11
11
11
13
12
11
10
12
14
13
14
14
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