Tugun surf break

Tugun surfForecast / QLD – Gold Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 19 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
26.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tugun today?

The current surf forecast for Tugun at 12AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ESE
1
E
Period(s) (?)16161588815151515777777788888710
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64636180787169676563656561607410610816914395117163164194
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
1.73
8:47AM
1.79
9:09PM
1.78
9:25AM
1.69
9:49PM
1.80
10:05AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.30
2:57PM
0.28
3:18AM
0.31
3:30PM
0.30
4:04AM
0.35
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----5:48-------5:48-------5:50---
Sunset-------5:58-------5:57-------5:54
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
511---11------1-------13
Temp. °C212020202021232423222120202424242322212121232222
Feels °C (?)222120202121232423232220202323232322212120222021
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