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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	Tue	Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Redbill Beach TAS - East Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Cheynes Point WA - Far South	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington	Beachport SA - East Coast	Caves SA - Nullarbor	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Patiti Point Canterbury	Coalcliff NSW - Illawarra	Te Araroa East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cloudbreak Mamanucas
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	2	4	3	2	5	4	2	5	5	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.5 E	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	2.5 E	2.3 SE	1.8 S	0.7 S	4.0 W	1.6 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSE	3.5 S	1.5 SSE	0.8 ESE	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	2.5 S	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	10	10	8	9	18	12	8	17	16	11	13	13	12	11	13	10	10	13
Energy(?)	796	529	960	879	761	1415	599	840	463	5353	397	737	520	214	5630	894	183	2434	1032	1305	1379	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 1.13	10:33AM 1.68		3:45AM 0.76			11:54PM 1.23	11:45AM 1.16		12:42AM 1.27	12:45PM 1.34		1:35AM 1.28	1:28PM 1.23		2:16AM 1.29			11:56PM 1.49	12:20PM 1.46	3:34PM 1.04	4:38AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	4:10AM 0.33		5:16PM 0.19	8:05PM 0.09	10:35AM 0.34	5:58PM 0.28		5:47AM 0.56	6:22PM 0.08		6:33AM 0.33	6:13PM 0.37		7:34AM 0.44			8:26AM 0.43	5:41PM 0.16		6:11AM 0.19		9:45PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	24	20	27	17	19	20	20	11	13	28	18	25	16	23	18	15	18	17	20	27
Low °C	18	16	23	19	19	16	19	19	19	10	12	21	17	21	16	21	17	14	15	16	20	26
Chill °C (?)	22	21	24	20	27	16	18	20	20	10	12	28	17	25	14	23	18	14	18	17	20	27
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:57	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:28	-	-	9:10	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.5 E	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	2.5 E	0.2 ENE	1.8 S	0.7 S	4.0 W	1.6 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 NW	0.6 E	1.7 WSW	0.3 ESE	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	18	12	8	17	6	11	13	13	7	12	13	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 S	-	1.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 N	0.9 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 NE	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	8	18	14	13	11	10	-	10	8	12	5	12	16	6	10	12	12	-	20	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	2.3 SE	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 NW	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	3.5 S	1.3 NE	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	5	-	4	4	6	6	13	6	-	11	-	10	-	7

	Tue		Wednesday 21								Thursday 22							Friday 23
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Redbill Beach TAS - East Coast	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Sandy Bay Northland	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Bannister Head Suck Rock NSW - South Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.4 ENE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 NNE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 SE	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	18	18	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9
Energy(?)	758	1010	2264	3740	4377	1045	912	675	1080	1010	1001	1226	755	724	711	553	577	1772	1600	1456	1069	772
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:32PM 1.14		3:29AM 0.79		10:53AM 1.72					11:11PM 1.09				11:14AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)									5:12PM 0.07			4:12AM 0.37					5:46PM 0.07		2:40AM 0.20		5:30AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	14	15	25	23	17	22	20	20	22	18	22	17	27	25	16	16	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	14	15	25	23	17	22	20	20	22	18	22	17	27	25	15	16	16	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	6:05	-
Sunset	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.4 ENE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 NNE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 SE	1.7 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	18	18	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NE	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 E	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	8	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	16	11	9	16	14	15	4	5	10	10	10	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.0 N	1.2 SSW	-	-	2.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	5	-	-	8	-

	Tuesday 20						Wednesday 21
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Redbill Beach TAS - East Coast	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Sandy Bay Northland	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Bannister Head Suck Rock NSW - South Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 E	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	21	20	7	7	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11
Energy(?)	589	676	595	1727	2280	732	725	370	1339	1044	1334	640	945	930	813	998	1109	383	403	430	838	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						10:34PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:46PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	16	16	22	20	13	19	20	22	21	17	18	17	21	22	15	16	16	23	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	16	16	22	20	13	19	20	22	21	17	18	17	21	22	14	15	15	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 E	0.7 E	2.1 ESE	2.3 SE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	20	11	11	10	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.4 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	21	14	8	8	21	14	14	8	13	14	14	14	8	13	-	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	1.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	2.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	4	4	7	7	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	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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