Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Surfers Paradise sea temperature is
20.9°C
0.2° 

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):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 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 10PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NNE
6
1.3
N
6
1
SSE
4
1.1
SE
5
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SE
8
1.8
SSE
8
0.6
SSE
9
0.8
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.5
SE
10
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
9
0.3
E
10
0.8
SE
4
0.8
SE
5
0.8
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
126
35
66
52
107
434
56
117
51
87
82
49
48
59
46
16
19
26
39
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
0
W
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:25PM1.33m
5:47AM0.80m
6:27PM1.40m
6:48AM0.89m
7:20PM1.45m
Low Tide
00:30AM0.41m
11:20AM0.31m
1:23AM0.34m
12:33PM0.27m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
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
Temp °C
28
29
20
18
16
16
16
20
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
19
19
19
18
16
Feels °C
25
29
16
13
13
14
14
18
17
18
18
17
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
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