Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.4° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 2PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNE
6
0.6
NNE
6
0.7
NNE
6
1.3
N
6
0.9
SSE
4
1.1
SE
5
0.9
SE
6
1.8
SSE
8
1.8
SSE
8
0.5
SE
9
0.8
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.6
SE
10
1.2
SSE
9
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.3
SSE
10
0.3
E
10
1
SE
5
1
SE
6
2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
26
40
122
29
66
56
398
434
43
117
51
42
64
227
60
61
19
20
49
78
489
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
15
N
0
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:22AM0.76m
5:25PM1.33m
5:47AM0.80m
6:27PM1.40m
6:48AM0.89m
7:20PM1.45m
Low Tide
9:51AM0.34m
00:30AM0.41m
11:20AM0.31m
1:23AM0.34m
12:33PM0.27m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
21
27
28
28
20
18
17
16
16
20
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
19
20
19
18
16
Feels °C
18
23
25
28
16
13
14
14
14
18
17
18
18
17
17
15
16
15
15
14
14
13
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