Surfers Paradise Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.00° S 153.43° E

Surfers Paradise 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Surfers Paradise at 3AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (10 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (10 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
8
0.4
SE
10
0.6
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
1.3
SSE
6
1.7
SE
8
2
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.3
SE
9
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
58
31
62
91
120
362
697
673
531
437
1055
997
926
769
219
213
178
164
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
5
SE
20
S
25
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
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
2:43AM0.27m
2:23PM0.21m
3:18AM0.27m
3:09PM0.23m
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
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>
5:36
5:36
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
19
18
17
16
16
17
19
18
17
17
17
14
15
17
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
18
18
15
12
10
9
11
11
11
12
13
10
12
13
14
13
14
14
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Surfers Paradise surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest