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Sydney North Coast 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 Sydney North Coast Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Sydney North Coast coastline are also listed below.

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	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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 Sydney North Coast	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Green Hills NSW - Sydney South Coast	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Voodoo NSW - Sydney South Coast
Rating	3	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E
Period(s)	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	8	10	10	11	11	11	-	6	10	6	6	7	7	8	8
Energy	779	861	4207	3476	2388	538	490	489	938	1036	743	969	777	0	223	450	191	323	269	355	403	465
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 0.93	12:45AM 1.29		2:11PM 0.96	1:45AM 1.25		3:12PM 1.02	2:45AM 1.25		4:03PM 1.14	3:44AM 1.26		4:49PM 1.26		4:42AM 1.27	5:32PM 1.42		5:38AM 1.29	6:14PM 1.53		6:33AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.61		7:53AM 0.36		7:22PM 0.61	8:47AM 0.31		8:36PM 0.60	9:34AM 0.27		9:46PM 0.54	10:19AM 0.22		10:48PM 0.44	11:03AM 0.17		11:45PM 0.33	11:46AM 0.14		12:38AM 0.18	12:29PM 0.14
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	1	1	3	4	2	8	1
High °C	19	17	15	18	18	14	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Low °C	16	15	13	17	18	13	17	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	17	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	18	18	13	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.6 E	1.7 S	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.8 ESE	1.9 E
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	12	10	15	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	18	12	13	13	13	9	11	12	11	11	11	11	18	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	-	-	1.5 S	-	1.5 S	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	11	11	11	-	-	8	-	10	-	-	11	10	6	7	6	6	7	7	-	-

	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	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 Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Newport-Crosswaves NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Boat Ramp NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9
Energy	4303	1270	1022	766	2288	956	4985	4890	4207	3406	3431	3839	3467	1000	1864	1473	540	542	1047	864	555	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 1.33					1:10PM 0.91			12:46AM 1.29					2:13PM 0.95				1:42AM 1.28				3:12PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			7:00AM 0.36				6:13PM 0.59					7:55AM 0.35				7:21PM 0.62				8:47AM 0.31
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	9	9	15	20	17	14	15	13	13	13	16	17	17	18	17	15	14	14	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	7	6	6	14	20	16	13	14	11	12	12	15	16	17	18	17	14	13	13	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	-	1.1 W	0.5 W	2.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	2.3 S	2.1 S	-	-	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	10	-	5	3	11	4	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	-	10	10	-	-	9	8	8	9

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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 Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Newport-Crosswaves NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Boat Ramp NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	12
Energy	3696	1114	4303	1400	4030	1067	885	1222	1018	981	956	916	925	660	717	1764	1666	1872	2022	1544	4985	3444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 1.35														1:07PM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)										7:01AM 0.36											6:13PM 0.59
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	12	15	17	19	20	20	20	20	18	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	8	9	13	16	19	20	20	20	20	17	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 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	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	0.6 W	3.5 S	0.6 W	3.5 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.7 WSW	3.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	4	10	4	10	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	11	10	10	10	10	4	11	12

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