Sydney North Coast Surf

Detailed Sydney North Coast 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 Sydney North Coast. 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 Sydney North Coast. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Sydney North Coast over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Sydney North Coast and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Sharkies NSW - Illawarra	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Bronte Reef or Bunnies NSW - Sydney South Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Thommos NSW - Illawarra	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	807	703	521	397	472	360	163	116	57	20	2277	3261	2966	1496	716	651	362	354	298	220	163	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:14AM 0.88		10:54PM 1.21	11:12AM 1.32		11:22PM 1.10	12:04PM 1.25		12:04AM 1.00	12:39PM 1.26		1:00AM 0.91		1:36PM 1.25	2:16AM 0.85		2:45PM 1.23	3:42AM 0.84		3:52PM 1.28		4:52AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)		4:42PM 0.35		4:49AM 0.30	5:39PM 0.41		5:33AM 0.37			5:54AM 0.44		7:24PM 0.52	6:37AM 0.51		8:40PM 0.53	7:40AM 0.55		9:58PM 0.48	8:55AM 0.56		11:00PM 0.42	10:07AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	13	19	17	13	19	18	14	13	14	10	17	15	14	18	17	14	15	15	15	20
Low °C	15	14	12	15	15	12	16	16	9	12	12	8	13	15	9	14	16	11	13	15	12	17
Chill °C (?)	17	13	10	19	16	12	19	17	12	10	12	7	17	14	13	18	17	12	14	14	15	20
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 SSW	0.3 E	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	6	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	7	10	8	8	10	11	14	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	4	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5

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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 Sydney North Coast	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Sharkies NSW - Illawarra	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Sunset NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bronte Reef or Bunnies NSW - Sydney South Coast	Bronte Reef or Bunnies NSW - Sydney South Coast	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Newport - The Peak NSW - Sydney North Coast	Thommos NSW - Illawarra
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2323	2587	1063	853	690	647	656	430	521	440	509	620	503	537	533	339	342	263	230	200	211	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.91				10:50AM 1.28				10:42PM 1.23				11:11AM 1.33				11:21PM 1.10				11:52AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)			4:33AM 0.22				4:54PM 0.35				4:50AM 0.31				5:29PM 0.41				5:19AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	17	21	16	16	14	12	12	12	12	15	19	18	14	12	13	12	11	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	21	15	15	12	10	10	10	10	14	18	17	12	11	11	10	9	15	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	8	7	7	10	11	7	8	8	8	8	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	11	10	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	3	7	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Tue	Wednesday 27
	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	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Sharkies NSW - Illawarra	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Sunset NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bronte Reef or Bunnies NSW - Sydney South Coast	Bronte Reef or Bunnies NSW - Sydney South Coast	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Newport - The Peak NSW - Sydney North Coast	Thommos NSW - Illawarra
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2333	2884	3131	2668	1274	1451	1249	734	1081	937	901	853	726	544	761	703	510	520	631	656	668	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:46PM 0.91												10:35AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)							4:33AM 0.22	5:10AM 0.10											4:41PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	19	20	21	21	22	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	16	19	20	21	21	22	16	16	14	13	13	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	5	5	5	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4