Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 23 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
26.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 6PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
ENE
1.7
E
1.9
E
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)88888889999999991012121212131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1531673504766297588649551010977870106211431060114310839632314242624662563249023192079
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:43AM
1.17
11:23PM
1.56
11:40AM
1.01
12:30AM
1.49
12:56PM
0.89
1:50AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
0.20
4:41PM
0.15
6:03AM
0.31
5:31PM
0.25
7:28AM
0.39
6:38PM
0.34
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:53-------5:52-------5:52----
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--121---112211-------131
Temp. °C212324232322222122242323222121202125262524232220
Feels °C (?)212123222220211921222222222122202225252425252522
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