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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	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Little Makaha NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	3	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	10	9	11	11	11	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Energy	779	775	4291	3845	2150	521	447	370	677	949	910	705	777	652	318	331	278	385	247	387	368	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 0.93	12:44AM 1.31		2:13PM 0.95	1:45AM 1.25		3:12PM 1.03	2:45AM 1.25		4:04PM 1.16	3:44AM 1.26		4:49PM 1.28		4:41AM 1.28	5:32PM 1.42		5:38AM 1.29	6:16PM 1.58		6:33AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		6:08PM 0.61		7:56AM 0.34		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 0.31	11:46AM 0.14		12:39AM 0.20	12:29PM 0.14
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	2	-	3	1	1	1	7	8	7	1
High °C	19	18	15	18	18	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	17	19
Low °C	16	16	13	16	18	14	16	19	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	17	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	14	18	18	17	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	17	19
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 E	1.7 SSE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	10	9	13	11	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.7 S	0.9 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	-	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	9	10	12	-	16	11	11	18	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	10	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	4

	Friday 08						Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Little Makaha NSW - Sydney North Coast	Boat Ramp NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 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	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	11
Energy	1018	667	1014	884	4690	5593	4291	3466	3496	3845	3220	1038	2115	628	521	532	373	368	413	466	582	908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				1:10PM 0.91			12:47AM 1.28					2:12PM 0.96				1:42AM 1.28				3:12PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)					6:13PM 0.59					7:55AM 0.35				7:21PM 0.62				8:46AM 0.32				8:34PM 0.62
WeatherAdvanced Surf Forecast
Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	15	20	17	15	15	14	13	13	16	17	18	18	17	15	15	14	16	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	7	14	20	16	14	14	13	12	12	15	16	18	18	17	14	14	13	15	18	19	19	19
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.1 S	0.6 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	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	5	3	3	4	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11

	Friday 08																			Saturday 09
	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Fairy Bower NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Little Makaha NSW - Sydney North Coast	Boat Ramp NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1339	1040	1152	767	747	914	881	873	777	751	833	775	2150	2505	3255	3671	3561	1632	2022	4755	4820	4400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										1:08PM 0.92											12:44AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			6:58AM 0.36	7:02AM 0.35											6:11PM 0.60
WeatherAdvanced 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	9	9	10	12	14	15	17	18	19	19	21	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	6	6	7	10	12	13	16	17	18	18	21	17	17	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	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	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	11	11	12	12	12	-	-	11	11	11

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