Tallebudgera surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 26 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
26.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tallebudgera today?

The current surf forecast for Tallebudgera at 10AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
S
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)1212111111111111111110101010101010798991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174416151302118410658694693383322552161841701331179898111371212424433408437
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
1.45
2:31PM
0.86
3:13AM
1.46
3:58PM
0.92
4:22AM
1.51
5:01PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.39
8:07PM
0.38
10:22AM
0.32
9:35PM
0.35
11:17AM
0.24
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
Sunset-----5:51-------5:50-------5:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021252726242423222128292721181614152021212019
Feels °C (?)232223262626252523212126252116131311121718191918
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