Queensland Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Queensland wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Queensland region.

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	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Beachport SA - East Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Beachport SA - East Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Crazies WA - Far South	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Caves SA - Nullarbor	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Caves SA - Nullarbor
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	10	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	16	13	21	12	16	13	13	14	14	18	15
Energy	991	1131	1650	2094	1582	1123	883	1333	677	938	4248	1471	317	853	728	2076	765	682	1010	3403	1588	739
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)				1:24PM 0.96	1:29AM 1.52		2:46PM 0.98	11:02PM 0.58		3:54PM 2.13	10:03PM 0.58				5:11AM 1.45			8:24AM 2.39		9:47PM 0.80		1:50PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 0.30	3:20AM 0.28	7:56AM 0.25	6:39PM 0.47		8:58AM 0.48		9:31PM 0.57	8:00AM 0.12		7:54PM 0.58	7:43AM 0.23		10:21PM 0.66	11:48AM 0.27	3:36PM 0.56	2:02AM 0.93		2:46PM 0.88	3:32AM 0.48	7:12AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	30	26	27	30	27	26	29	29	22	29	17	21	18	18	21	29	29	16	30	22
Low °C	20	13	27	26	26	27	25	22	27	28	17	27	16	18	16	16	19	27	28	15	27	20
Chill °C (?)	21	14	30	26	27	30	27	26	29	29	22	29	16	21	18	18	21	29	29	15	30	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	5:21	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	14	16	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	16	13	13	12	16	13	13	14	14	18	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	18	-	-	-	5	21	19	7	12	-	6	-	21	15	13	20	6	21	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	2.1 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	7	14	5	4	-	7	7	-	5	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 22				Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	11AM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	2PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	0:30AM	3:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	13	13	16	13	13	12	11	10	13	14	13	13	15	13	13
Energy	1109	1518	1226	3648	2880	3013	3094	2549	2376	1788	1834	1452	1065	2170	2264	1769	1123	996	1004	2092	1333	1343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:49PM 1.08			12:13AM 1.63					1:31PM 2.76			11:37PM 0.56	1:21AM 1.74					2:24PM 2.43	6:34PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			6:22PM 0.47					7:21AM -0.06				9:24PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	21	16	19	18	17	17	18	24	30	26	24	22	18	19	15	30	30	29	18	24	23
Chill °C (?)	30	21	16	19	17	16	17	18	24	30	26	24	22	18	19	15	30	30	29	18	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	10	9	11	13	13	16	13	13	12	11	11	13	14	13	13	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	19	12	15	14	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	18	5	7	7	6	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	3	-	-	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	5	-	-	4	4

	Wednesday 22													Thursday 23
	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	6PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6:30AM	7:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	13	13	11	10	10	10	11	14	14	17	14	14	14	9	11	13	16	16	16	13	13	13
Energy	984	1871	938	1212	991	991	1350	878	846	1340	1130	1210	1289	1354	2880	701	1688	1451	1433	576	2749	2479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:53PM 1.04												12:13AM 1.63			1:40AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)												9:11PM 0.50								3:20AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	15	18	19	21	21	20	14	14	29	13	13	13	18	18	20	26	26	26	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	28	14	18	19	21	21	20	12	12	29	11	11	11	18	17	20	26	26	26	21	17	17
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	5:35	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SE	2.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	11	11	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	10	10	13	16	16	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.1 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	19	12	12	11	-	-	11	9	9	17	8	8	8	14	13	11	-	-	-	9	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	11	3	-	-	-	4	-	-

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Cambodia	Malaysia	Thailand
Christmas Island	Northern-Territory
EastTimor	Palau

South-Australia	Victoria
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Brisbane	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands
Darwin Northern Territories	New Georgia	South Australia East Coast
East Sepik	New Ireland	South Coast New South Wales
East Timor Timor Sea	New South Wales Far South	Sumba
Efate	Newcastle	Sunshine Coast
Eyre Peninsula	Norfolk Island	Sydney North Coast
Gold Coast	North Coast New South Wales	Sydney South Coast
Illawarra	Nullarbor	Timor
Kangaroo Island	Port Macquarie	Vanuatu
Lord Howe Island	Queensland North Coast	Yorke Peninsula

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