Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 18 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 6AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)8899991010101010161014101399101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33637343345438848752954057362554064968460756717888657968858621186110911301434
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
25
SE
30
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
1.77
8:57AM
1.28
9:26PM
1.79
9:46AM
1.15
10:18PM
1.76
10:40AM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
0.03
2:52PM
0.02
4:04AM
0.08
3:34PM
0.08
5:05AM
0.16
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211918181922222120191918182123222019181717212322
Feels °C (?)181716161820191818181817161718171716161514171918
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