Burleigh Heads Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
FAIR

Surf Height

4-5FT

Chest to head

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

5FT8s
ENE68Âş
3.3FT8s
SE129Âş
1.8FT11s
SSE161Âş
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

15KTSSE

17kts gusts, Offshore

Model Forecast
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Tide

4.3FT

Temperature

71°F

spotName Wind & Weather
69ÂşF

1mm wetsuit

Peter Aquilina

Gold Coast Forecast

Peter Aquilina •

Today

Light winds and clean conditions but modest surf. Most spots around chest-head with larger sets.

Select points further south just holding on with south winds and cleaner conditions here, but many spots further up the coast now seeing SE wind and lumpy conditions. Size is still pretty decent, head high on the set and the occasional 1-2ft OH head high set hitting. Strike as soon as you can, with afternoon winds likely to result in a slow degradation in quality even on the protected points.

INCOMING: Trade swell serves up fun surf for points

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Burleigh Heads Surf Guide

The coast they call Gold begins just south of Stradbroke Island and curves down for nearly 50 miles to Point Danger. Along this massive sandy stretch, the lava headland of Burleigh Bluff stands forth as the northernmost sentinel of a classic series of right points, and -- when it's on -- one of the most spectacularly beautiful waves in the world. Burleigh relies on sand flow from the Tallebudgera Creek mouth just south of the bluff. This fine river sand is carried with the prevailing currents ar... Read more