Tugun 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.15° S 153.50° E

Issued: 9 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tugun sea temperature is

21.1°C

Tugun surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tugun today (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Tugun at 3PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).
	Monday 14						Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	33	32	23	24	24	33	32	24	24	24	16	16	40	47	41	34	32	20	191	359	560	810
Wind (km/h)	S	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	N	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:50AM1.56m				9:57PM1.41m					10:28AM1.53m				10:27PM1.28m				11:08AM1.49m
Low Tide				3:58PM0.41m					4:02AM0.35m				4:40PM0.52m				4:29AM0.42m				5:27PM0.64m


	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	18	19	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	15	18	19	18	17	18	17	17	15	17	17	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SE 10	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 13	E 13	NE 13
kJ	33	32	23	24	24	33	32	24	24	24	16	16	4	47	41	34	32	20	12	4	4	7
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 10	E 14	E 13	—	—	—
kJ	4	4	10	4	4	4	4	4	11	11	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 16	SE 8	E 10	E 15	SE 7	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	—	—	—	—
kJ	8	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	2	2	4	2	—	4	4	4	4	4	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	NE 6	NNE 4	NW 3	—	SSE 2	SSE 6	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	8	40	24	2	—	1	60	191	359	560	810
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Point Cartwright/Secrets QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - First Point QLD - Sunshine Coast	Dreamtime NSW - North Coast	Tallebudgera QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Duranbah QLD - Gold Coast	Casuarina Beach NSW - North Coast	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Iluka-North Wall NSW - North Coast	Tallows Beach NSW - North Coast	Palm beach QLD - Gold Coast	Pocket QLD - Sunshine Coast	Noosa - First Point QLD - Sunshine Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Sealers Cove (Wilsons Promontory) VIC - East Coast	Aisling's Beach NSW - Far South	Mollymook Beach NSW - South Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
Distance (km)	4	6	6	167	200	10	7	6	6	19	173	1740	173	141	57	4	167	200	1373	1373	1044	847
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks				Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera							Burleigh Heads
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	1	1							1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Header Global	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Fish Boma South Africa	Cobblestones Australia	Namotu Lefts Fiji	Cloudbreak Fiji	Gas Bay Australia	Glen Eden South Africa	Cloudbreak Fiji	Cloudbreak Fiji	Cow Bombie Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Supertubes Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Saint Leu Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion	Saint Leu Reunion	Doring Bay South Africa	Etang-Sale Reunion	Etang-Sale Reunion
Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	5

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