Surfers Paradise surf break

Surfers Paradise surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
25.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Surfers Paradise today?

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 12PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)9999914131313131313131212121213131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)140139136140137113141130176219219367411522461505530704599595577560560560
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
15
NW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.81
3:06AM
1.25
3:45PM
0.81
4:11AM
1.26
5:00PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.61
7:35PM
0.52
10:20AM
0.58
8:38PM
0.56
11:21AM
0.54
9:53PM
0.57
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise5:58-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222425242322222222242524232221212024272624232220
Feels °C (?)242525242423232323242422232220211922252423242320
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