Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
25.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 4PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
1.7
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.4
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)8677889999101010101010101014109101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47193405387373364453396343433399407512490480540628567710717708885885788
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
S
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
1.40
8:39PM
1.77
8:57AM
1.28
9:26PM
1.79
9:46AM
1.15
10:18PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
-0.02
3:09AM
0.03
2:52PM
0.02
4:04AM
0.08
3:34PM
0.08
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---5:25-------5:24-------5:23----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202324232120191818222222201919191822232220191817
Feels °C (?)162020191818171617212020191818181619181717161615
  • 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

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 Tallebudgera 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
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest