The Bluff surf break

The Bluff surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 AEST
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The Bluff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Bluff sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Bluff today?

The current surf forecast for The Bluff at 2PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Oct)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
NE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
1.1
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)888588888886888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13013315311010010080808061746758618263636363636566119112
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
0
E
5
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
1.42
6:10PM
1.64
6:40AM
1.54
6:43PM
1.62
7:14AM
1.64
7:14PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.38
12:31AM
0.25
12:39PM
0.35
12:58AM
0.19
1:17PM
0.34
1:26AM
0.15
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise5:09-------5:09-------5:07-------
Sunset---5:54-------5:55-------5:55----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C192527242121202020222322212120202123232220191818
Feels °C (?)182425222222222119202121212221222323232120191919
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 2 km away suggest it is still onshore at The Bluff (strong winds from the NE at Cotton Tree 1483). 0.8m 8s swell from the E with a 0.8m 8s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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46 km/h
NE
Onshore
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