Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 AEST
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Tallebudgera surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tallebudgera sea temperature is
26.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 9AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.7
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)777888888810101110101096887888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676783788010012113861159250314269254230351308108156198217459522723
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
1.50
9:42PM
1.61
9:56AM
1.34
10:29PM
1.61
10:43AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.03
3:24PM
0.01
4:01AM
0.10
4:00PM
0.07
4:56AM
0.20
4:41PM
0.15
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--5:48-------5:50-------5:50-----
Sunset-----5:57-------5:55-------5:53--
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---11---111--12111111111
Temp. °C212020232424232222222123242422212020202223232221
Feels °C (?)222020232423242222222121222321211919192121212120
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