New-South-Wales Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

New-South-Wales 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 New-South-Wales region.

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New-South-Wales Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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 New-South-Wales	Beachport SA - East Coast	Forster Beach (Nambucca) NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Beachport SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Colac Bay Southland	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Japs VIC - Far West	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	9	3	6	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SE	2.4 SE	2.0 SE	2.3 W	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	1.6 SW	4.5 SW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	1.5 S
Period(s)	13	11	10	11	15	14	14	14	12	14	13	18	14	19	18	12	16	12	14	7	13	7
Energy	2108	1322	1877	983	2381	1854	3663	1733	209	1106	940	3781	2201	3557	3570	1299	6591	1114	7314	543	2511	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.57		4:48PM 0.63	11:02PM 0.58		4:00PM 1.07	3:50AM 1.39	10:41AM 0.50	4:47PM 1.09		4:46AM 1.36	5:49PM 1.31	10:47PM 0.61	9:52AM 0.59			11:56AM 0.69		10:33PM 0.46	12:18PM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)	6:51PM 0.52	9:27PM 0.53	8:37AM 0.01		9:31PM 0.57	10:09AM 0.37		9:22PM 0.42			10:59PM 0.30	11:22AM 0.16				5:14PM 0.47	8:58PM 0.20	5:13AM 0.33	6:05PM 0.40		5:01AM 0.22	6:44PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	4	7	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	26	19	20	20	14	25	19	17	21	13	14	16	15	16	24	15	15	17	12	12	26	12
Low °C	25	17	20	19	12	20	16	15	19	12	13	15	14	14	17	13	11	16	10	7	21	12
Chill °C (?)	26	19	20	20	12	25	19	16	21	12	14	15	15	15	24	13	14	17	11	9	26	9
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	5:32	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 SSE	-	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.5 S	-	1.6 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	11	9	8	-	14	14	14	12	14	13	18	14	13	12	14	-	12	14	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.9 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SW	-	-	0.3 NE	-	0.6 W	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	9	18	-	-	4	-	16	12	22	19	18	8	-	22	-	17	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSE	2.4 SE	2.0 SE	2.3 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.6 W	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	15	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	16	-	-	7	-	7

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0:30AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Forster Beach (Nambucca) NSW - Port Macquarie	Cheynes Point WA - Far South	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Back Beach Plommer NSW - Port Macquarie	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Cheynes Point WA - Far South	Colac Bay Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Japs VIC - Far West	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.3 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	14	13	13	12	11	9	10	14	8	10	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	1224	3791	3416	3102	1150	1598	1041	2049	737	650	1271	1228	1125	1150	1037	1022	552	2009	2992	3198	2709	2415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			4:04PM 0.70		11:37PM 0.56	1:52AM 1.58				2:33PM 0.90				1:01AM 0.69			12:02PM 1.42		5:05PM 0.67		12:13AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)				9:27PM 0.53				8:41AM 0.25				7:56PM 0.43			3:42AM 0.07						10:44PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	3	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	17	21	16	16	18	17	20	20	20	19	19	15	16	18	26	22	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	21	15	16	18	16	20	20	20	19	19	14	15	18	26	22	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	5:50	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.7 SW	1.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	14	10	10	9	9	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 E	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	7	10	9	10	10	19	15	16	8	17	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	0.4 WNW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.3 SE	0.6 NNE	-	1.6 W	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	10	3	8	8	10	10	3	-	8	-	5	-	-	-	-

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2:30PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	4AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Forster Beach (Nambucca) NSW - Port Macquarie	Cheynes Point WA - Far South	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Back Beach Plommer NSW - Port Macquarie	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Cheynes Point WA - Far South	Colac Bay Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Japs VIC - Far West	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SW	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 ESE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s)	11	15	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1260	3797	4094	3843	2221	1978	1943	1533	2627	1414	1231	2474	1669	1805	646	198	302	1324	1209	1480	1361	1259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	4:59AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	18	26	21	20	21	18	20	20	21	20	21	15	10	9	20	20	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	18	26	21	20	21	18	20	20	21	20	21	14	8	8	20	20	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	0.1 NE	2.2 SE	0.1 NE	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 ESE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	14	14	13	10	10	11	13	11	11	11	10	12	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.9 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	7	11	11	11	10	11	7	10	8	11	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 SW	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SSE	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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American Samoa	Kiribati	Tonga
Cook Islands	New Caledonia	Vanuatu
Fiji	Samoa

Christmas Island	Northern-Territory	Western-Australia
EastTimor	Queensland
Indonesia	South-Australia

Adelaide	New Caledonia	Sunshine Coast
Brisbane	New South Wales Far South	Sydney North Coast
Cape Otway	New Zealand	Sydney South Coast
Darwin Northern Territories	Newcastle	Tasmania East Coast
Efate	Norfolk Island	Tasmania North Coast
Eyre Peninsula	North Coast New South Wales	Tasmania West Coast
Fiji	Nullarbor	Torquay
Gold Coast	Phillip Island	Vanuatu
Illawarra	Port Macquarie	Victoria East Coast
Kangaroo Island	Queensland North Coast	Victoria Far West
Lord Howe Island	South Australia East Coast	Yorke Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula	South Coast New South Wales

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