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Tugun surf break

Tugun surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 19 Jan 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
26.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tugun today?

The current surf forecast for Tugun at 7PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (19 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.2
SSE
1
E
0.7
ESE
1.3
SE
2.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)777878888878111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2302593012211742381421732773191461221073911131347263452382327320333294255
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
1.28
9:02AM
1.89
9:20PM
1.31
9:36AM
1.86
9:57PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
0.40
2:22AM
0.37
3:38PM
0.38
3:00AM
0.37
4:10PM
0.36
3:39AM
0.39
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------5:05-------5:07-------5:07-
Sunset-6:45-------6:45-------6:45------
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C252423222021212325232321201921242424222120202228
Feels °C (?)232220191819192121201919181820222223222121202228
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