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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North Coast New South Wales Wavefinder

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	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ballina North Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast
Rating	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.0 E
Period(s)	12	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy	3506	1752	1570	1140	932	941	791	733	1018	313	297	376	219	164	321	236	122	96	176	542	350	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:45PM 0.90		1:52AM 1.58		2:15PM 1.18	2:35AM 1.70		3:33PM 1.27		4:12AM 1.44	5:01PM 1.19		4:42AM 1.69	5:49PM 1.31		5:54AM 1.45	6:31PM 1.42		6:35AM 1.41	6:49PM 1.77		7:12AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.49		9:07AM 0.41		7:44PM 0.69	9:36AM 0.57		9:40PM 0.47	11:09AM 0.34		10:48PM 0.43	11:14AM 0.50		11:44PM 0.38	12:14PM 0.23		12:33AM 0.34	12:46PM 0.19		1:00AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	5	6	6	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-
High °C	23	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	20	21	21	21	22	21	20	22	20	19	22	22	22	23
Low °C	20	19	16	19	19	20	22	19	18	21	21	16	18	20	17	21	20	16	20	22	20	23
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	20	21	21	21	22	21	20	22	20	19	22	22	22	23
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	-	10	-	10	10	-	7	8	8	7	10	-	-	7	7	7	16	21	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	0.5 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.0 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	-	7	7	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8

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	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	5	4	5	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1356	3013	2860	3466	1718	1741	1543	1465	1570	1157	1283	1140	1007	932	855	952	966	791	753	848	894	733
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:13AM 1.63				12:51PM 1.17					1:29AM 1.52				2:41PM 0.99				3:06AM 1.54				4:00PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				7:49AM 0.43			6:22PM 0.63					9:07AM 0.41				8:14PM 0.48				9:36AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	2	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	18	23	22	19	20	18	19	16	19	21	21	19	19	19	20	21	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	17	16	14	18	23	22	18	20	18	18	16	19	21	21	19	19	19	20	21	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	9	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.3 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	8	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Kirra QLD - Gold Coast	Rainbow Bay QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	5	4	5	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE
Period(s)	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	2889	1361	1308	1224	1179	1240	1209	1195	2860	2914	3622	3466	3379	1705	1705	1705	1783	1752	1721	1575	1543	1588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:41AM 1.64													1:13PM 0.97
Low Tide / height (m)										7:24AM 0.47											6:22PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	18	18	16	16	18	17	17	17	15	19	18	18	20	22	22	21	22	21	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	14	18	18	18	20	22	22	21	22	21	20	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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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