Burleigh Heads Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
FAIR TO GOOD

Surf Height

3-4FT

Waist to chest

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

7.7FT11s
S169Âş
2FT11s
E93Âş
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

6KTSSW

6kts gusts, Offshore

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Tide

2.9FT

Temperature

71°F

spotName Wind & Weather
57ÂşF

1mm wetsuit

Tim Williams

Gold Coast Forecast

Tim Williams •

Today

New S swell arrives bumping up wave heights. Biggest for the border magnets. SW wind and clean AM.

A short spike in S swell having moved up the NSW coast, possibly peaking through the morning. The steep angle won't offer much to the well sheltered points but enough for smaller waist to chest high surf for the tops of the points. Head high to slightly overhead sets for the border magnets.

Lighter SW winds early with plenty of clean options in the morning ahead of SW winds strengthening while trending S later. The points being the cleanest option all day.

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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