Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 17 Apr 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
25.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 8AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.2
N
1.2
N
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.7
S
1.6
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)131313131312551212867777999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9886865555506674282866164383328293344474415360385471480625625
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
W
10
WSW
20
S
25
S
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
1.50
7:55PM
1.69
8:11AM
1.40
8:39PM
1.77
8:57AM
1.28
9:26PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
0.05
1:37PM
-0.03
2:17AM
0.01
2:13PM
-0.02
3:09AM
0.03
2:52PM
0.02
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:03-------6:03-------6:05-----
Sunset-----5:27-------5:25-------5:24--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211919252826232221212022242321202019182123222019
Feels °C (?)211818232624222221181619202019181818171920201817
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