North Coast New South Wales Surf

North Coast New South Wales Surf Forecast

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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	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Ballina North Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Chinamans NSW - North Coast
Rating	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	2.0 ENE
Period(s)	10	7	6	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	6	7	7	8
Energy	56	324	233	118	103	83	71	56	438	2549	1147	1197	1828	1579	966	317	212	233	234	211	202	770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 0.88		10:21PM 1.52	10:42AM 0.84		10:59PM 1.46	11:31AM 0.81		11:22PM 1.59	11:57AM 0.96		12:06AM 1.52	12:56PM 0.96	1:03PM 0.98	1:14AM 1.45		2:19PM 1.05	2:11AM 1.33		3:27PM 1.18	2:41AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 0.33	3:26PM 0.30		5:20AM 0.31	4:06PM 0.34		6:02AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.43		6:22AM 0.42	5:35PM 0.49		7:03AM 0.25	6:15PM 0.59		8:03AM 0.39		7:49PM 0.60	8:55AM 0.50		8:42PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	3	1	4	1	1	-
High °C	18	23	22	17	20	20	17	18	18	14	17	17	15	18	16	17	19	18	16	18	18	17
Low °C	17	20	19	15	18	17	13	15	15	13	16	17	14	17	16	15	18	17	14	16	17	15
Chill °C	18	23	22	16	20	20	16	18	18	13	16	16	14	18	15	17	19	18	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 N	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.7 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	6	7	6	6	10	10	5	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	6	9	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 E	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	6	6	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	-	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 S	-	-	-	1.4 E	-	-	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	4	7	6	3	3	3	4	4	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	8

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina North Wall NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.8 N	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period(s)	9	9	10	6	7	7	6	6	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	45	47	56	340	312	324	285	233	117	131	118	93	83	103	84	83	89	73	71	50	50	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	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 Tide / height (m)		9:49PM 1.63				9:57AM 0.88					10:21PM 1.52				10:42AM 0.84				10:59PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)					4:09AM 0.26			3:26PM 0.30					5:08AM 0.57				4:06PM 0.34				6:02AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	17	14	15	20	23	22	19	17	16	15	14	18	20	20	17	13	16	14	13	15
Chill °C	14	13	16	14	14	20	23	22	19	16	15	14	13	17	20	20	16	12	15	12	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 N	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 S
Period (s)	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	5	10	10	5	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.2 N	0.1 NW	1.5 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.8 W	1.0 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	5	5	4	6	7	7	6	6	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Coast New South Wales	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Sharps Beach NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Energy	44	45	45	46	46	47	48	49	56	55	54	340	317	165	312	312	153	324	306	280	285	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						9:49PM 1.63												9:57AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)													4:30AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	15	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	18	15	16	20	20	21	22	23	23
Chill °C	19	16	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	17	17	14	14	18	14	16	20	20	21	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	0.6 E	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.1 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	3	7	7	7	6	6

North Coast New South Wales Surf Breaks

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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

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sandbar

beach and reef

reef

beach and reef

beach

beach

point

beach

Tweed River Breakwall

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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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