Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 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
25.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 8PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 24). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)--
Afternoon (24 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (24 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
1
N
1.1
N
0.7
S
1.1
SSE
1.5
S
2
S
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.5
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)85595666857777777767771010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4912738405067867164212435485428423395323192271322323290200196
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
30
SE
25
SE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
1.66
11:00PM
0.99
11:08AM
1.62
11:50PM
1.01
11:51AM
1.55
12:47AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.17
4:28AM
0.28
6:01PM
0.16
5:16AM
0.35
6:45PM
0.16
6:15AM
0.42
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise------4:47-------4:48-------4:48-
Sunset-6:43-------6:43-------6:43------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-------1-1--1---1111--
Temp. °C262625242323253026262322222222232322212020192020
Feels °C (?)272928272626273125252222222221212119191818171919
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