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

	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 New-South-Wales	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Bar Beach (Narooma) NSW - Far South	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Japs VIC - Far West
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.3 NE	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSE	3.5 S	4.0 SW	2.2 W	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 SW
Period(s)	11	9	11	11	13	14	15	9	13	14	13	13	20	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	14	16
Energy	558	585	2201	909	1699	2238	390	419	3809	6967	1584	2001	3568	2622	2548	1842	2466	823	2752	1555	1301	1379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			12:40AM 1.41		1:58PM 0.94	1:46AM 1.25		3:12PM 1.02	2:41AM 1.23			3:38AM 1.31		3:02PM 1.51		3:37AM 1.66	5:21PM 1.35			6:36PM 1.11	2:41AM 1.50	6:33AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 0.56		8:30AM 0.28		7:23PM 0.61	8:48AM 0.32		8:35PM 0.61	8:23AM 0.23		9:36PM 0.55	10:19AM 0.20		9:07PM 0.44	9:49AM 0.36		10:33PM 0.21	6:30AM 0.20		8:28PM 0.16	12:29PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	18	17	17	19	17	12	14	18	8	16	12	13	18	10	13	17	18	13	15	9	10	17
Low °C	16	16	13	17	14	10	12	17	7	16	10	13	15	9	10	15	16	10	13	9	10	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	19	16	12	14	18	4	15	12	13	18	10	13	16	18	12	15	7	8	17
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	2.3 NE	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	4.0 SW	2.2 W	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	13	14	15	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 N	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 ENE	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	11	11	7	10	9	16	-	-	-	23	20	11	11	26	24	10	19	13	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.9 S	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	1.4 SSE	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	4	9	-	-	-	14	-	9	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	-	-	4

	Friday 08								Saturday 09							Sunday 10
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Bar Beach (Narooma) NSW - Far South	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Clifton Beach TAS - East Coast	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	13	14	10	14	9
Energy	4303	1181	1238	1254	3084	3097	4680	3646	3148	6281	5133	3418	3179	2196	2130	1778	1304	1746	4100	1103	1124	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 1.33				12:49PM 0.91	1:12PM 0.91			12:45AM 1.26													3:12PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			6:53AM 0.55	7:33AM 0.29			6:15PM 0.60					7:54AM 0.36			6:31PM 0.41					9:23AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	11	11	14	20	17	15	13	15	10	11	16	18	14	14	14	18	12	10	17	14	19
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	13	20	16	14	12	14	10	11	15	17	13	13	13	18	11	8	17	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	5:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	1.5 SSE	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	13	10	10	13	13	13	10	13	14	9	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.9 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	-	-	11	11	7	6	-	11	9	10	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	0.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	-	11	11	11	10	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	10	13	14	10	4	9

	Thu	Friday 08
	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Bar Beach (Narooma) NSW - Far South	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Clifton Beach TAS - East Coast	Kakanui River Mouth Otago	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSW	0.7 ENE	2.5 S	0.2 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	9	9	9	9	15	8	11	14	12
Energy	3696	455	422	716	982	733	741	650	366	15348	29341	1499	1465	228	269	269	689	1609	102	2489	22	3444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:43PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)										8:00AM 0.08								3:52PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	13	10	10	9	9	10	13	11	11	14	16	18	18	18	17	12	13	19	19	15
Chill °C (?)	8	13	12	8	7	6	6	7	12	8	8	12	14	17	17	17	17	9	12	19	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	0.8 W	6.0 SW	2.5 S	2.4 S	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.6 SSE	0.1 E	0.7 ENE	2.0 S	0.2 SSW	2.4 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	14	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	8	11	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 E	-	0.3 S	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	10	-	13	11	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	1.9 SSW	-	2.5 S	2.1 NNE	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	9	4	3	4	3	3	14	14	5	5	5	5	5	-	15	-	11	7	12

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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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