North Coast New South Wales Surf

Detailed North Coast New South Wales surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in North Coast New South Wales. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in North Coast New South Wales. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in North Coast New South Wales over the next 7 days. Surf photos from North Coast New South Wales and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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North Coast New South Wales Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the North Coast New South Wales Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the North Coast New South Wales coastline are also listed below.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Chinamans NSW - North Coast	Broken Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Wategos NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Tallows Beach NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Corindi Beach NSW - North Coast	Narrow Neck QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Angourie Lefts NSW - North Coast	Corindi Beach NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Trapdoors NSW - Port Macquarie	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 SSE	0.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	6	6	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	5	8	8	6	7	9	9	9	9	8	10
Energy(?)	89	118	181	155	206	55	256	77	332	285	103	143	109	167	310	193	201	443	361	234	1316	1355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:34AM 1.04	6:39PM 1.50		6:21AM 1.18	6:21PM 1.38		6:56AM 1.28	7:56PM 1.50		8:09AM 1.41		8:27PM 1.26	7:36AM 1.51		8:36PM 1.28	9:36AM 1.56		9:22PM 1.35	9:51AM 1.69		9:59PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35PM 0.27	12:12PM 0.35		1:08AM 0.29	12:05PM 0.33		12:41AM 0.17	12:49PM 0.29		2:12AM 0.15		2:37PM 0.41	2:34AM 0.15		2:07PM 0.27	2:38AM 0.11		3:37PM 0.29	3:21AM 0.15		4:17PM 0.36	3:55AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	22	19	25	21	20	21	20	20	23	24	20	24	25	21	26	32	24	22	21	21
Low °C	19	21	20	17	19	21	18	20	20	18	21	23	18	23	23	17	24	28	18	22	21	19
Chill °C (?)	20	23	22	19	25	21	20	21	20	20	23	24	20	24	25	21	26	32	24	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	5:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	8	18	6	5	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	17	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.8 E	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	9	-	17	14	8	10	17	5	9	8	7	10	6	13	18	9	9	16	11	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 N	1.5 NE	1.0 N	1.2 N	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	1.3 ENE	0.6 NE	-	2.1 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 NW	1.4 N	0.4 SW	1.6 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	5	4	-	6	7	3	5	2	5	8	10

	Thu		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Casuarina Beach NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Iluka-North Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Chinamans NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broken Head NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	77	126	125	130	113	118	100	98	637	587	396	207	148	227	110	115	155	257	256	217	219	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	4:50PM 1.40				5:41AM 1.07				6:47PM 1.51				7:16AM 1.16				7:20PM 1.47				7:42AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			12:32AM 0.34				11:15AM 0.39				12:54AM 0.16				12:05PM 0.33				1:47AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	17	19	21	23	22	20	19	19	17	18	24	26	21	19	20	18	18	19	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	17	19	21	23	22	20	19	19	17	18	24	26	21	19	20	17	18	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.4 NE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	6	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 NNE	0.1 E	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	7	-	18	18	15	14	11	13	12	5	16	5	5	9	17	9	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	-	-	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	3	4	4	7	7	7	6	5	6	4	4	5	7	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 16							Friday 17
	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Casuarina Beach NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Iluka-North Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Chinamans NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Broken Head NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	76	138	123	123	87	90	90	89	96	99	91	132	116	107	113	130	134	95	101	109	128	148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:50PM 1.40													5:18AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)								11:35PM 0.27												12:29PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	17	16	16	17	18	17	19	20	22	24	24	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	16	15	15	17	18	17	19	20	22	24	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	9	7	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	8	9	19	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.0 NE	0.6 N	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	6	6	6	-	7	4	6	6	6	6	6

North Coast New South Wales Surf Breaks

point

point

point

reef

point/breakwater

beach/breakwater

reef

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Brunswick Heads North

breakwater

Brunswick River

reef/breakwater

Brunswick River-South

river

Byron Bay - The Wreck

reef

point

sandbar

beach and reef

beach

beach

beach

point

Evans Head-Airforce Beach

beach

Evans Head-South Wall

beach

Fingal Point and Beach

point

beach

reef and point

point

breakwater

point

point

Moonee Beach and Creek

beach, river and point

point

point

beach/groyne/river

beach

sandbar

beach and reef

reef

beach and reef

beach

beach

point

beach

Tweed River Breakwall

point

Wategos

point

Woody Head

reef

Woolgoolga

beach and reef

Woolgoolga Back Beach

beach

The north coast of New South Wales has plenty of beaches to get most excited. With a good road network and easily accessible breaks. The likes of Tweed River Breakwall down to Coffs Harbour-North Wall you have more than enough beaches to keep you busy if you like to explore. A good mixture of sand and reef bottom beaches.

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