Tugun surf break

Tugun surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 AEST
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Tugun surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tugun sea temperature is
26.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tugun today?

The current surf forecast for Tugun at 10AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.4
NE
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)777161677777167771616777777715
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)636563647794949482797492929277777779818182828261
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
1.86
7:55PM
1.66
8:10AM
1.85
8:31PM
1.73
8:47AM
1.79
9:09PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
0.40
1:53PM
0.34
1:55AM
0.33
2:24PM
0.30
2:36AM
0.30
2:57PM
0.28
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--5:47-------5:48-------5:48-----
Sunset-----6:00-------5:59-------5:58--
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232324252625242423222225252423232322212324232221
Feels °C (?)252525252524242524232325252422242423222423222221
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