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

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	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	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	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bellambi Point NSW - Illawarra	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Japs VIC - Far West	Japs VIC - Far West	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	9	4	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.1 SSW	2.5 ENE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	5.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.4 SSE	2.3 NW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	9	14	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	17	16	16	14	14	12	14	16	12	14
Energy(?)	1142	1468	1362	1150	1059	13098	3507	5764	1700	1636	1556	1239	4324	7257	5750	4222	3815	1455	1673	1433	888	1205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:05AM 1.41		5:25PM 0.99		5:49AM 1.40	6:25PM 1.07		12:33PM 2.10	2:44PM 1.47	3:12AM 1.59	6:39AM 1.20			7:52AM 1.48		8:38PM 1.48	8:37AM 1.39		9:02PM 1.41	9:23AM 1.55		9:32PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 0.52	11:14AM 0.25		10:45PM 0.50	12:40PM 0.25		11:35PM 0.44	6:19AM 0.34		8:54PM 0.11	1:29PM 0.18	2:05PM 0.19	1:44AM 0.29		2:22PM 0.27	2:35AM 0.23		2:58PM 0.10	3:10AM 0.20		3:14PM 0.14	3:47AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	21	19	17	20	20	19	19	23	17	15	19	19	17	18	16	17	15	15	28	21	19
Low °C	15	21	18	16	16	20	16	16	23	16	13	17	17	17	17	15	16	14	14	27	19	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	16	20	20	19	19	23	16	14	19	19	16	17	15	17	14	14	28	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.1 SSW	0.1 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.6 E	2.3 NW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	16	9	14	12	12	11	10	12	13	12	17	16	16	14	14	12	14	16	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 E	-	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE	0.6 WSW	0.2 E	0.1 E	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	9	-	14	10	13	10	10	11	12	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	16	10	10	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	-	2.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	-	5.0 S	-	3.5 S	2.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.9 SE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	7	-	10	4	-	12	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	-	10	3	5

	Thu		Friday 27							Saturday 28									Sunday 29
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Austinmer Beach NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	South Broulee NSW - Far South	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Kingston Norfolk Island	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Redbill Beach TAS - East Coast	Port Macquarie-Town Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bellambi Point NSW - Illawarra	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	4	4	8	9	9	9	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	2.0 SSW	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	4.5 SSW	6.0 S	4.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	14	13	13	14	14	12	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1265	1184	1142	1111	1196	1414	1197	1292	1037	1060	1604	9952	12319	12364	1135	1697	9837	8243	8596	8286	8143	6255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:05AM 1.41									5:17AM 1.42				6:27PM 1.06				6:16AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		9:22PM 0.52						4:48PM 0.35	7:02PM 0.11						12:22PM 0.40				11:56PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	11	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	16	15	13	14	22	16	19	19	9	16	14	19	22	22	18	20	15	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	15	14	12	12	22	16	19	19	8	15	12	18	22	22	18	20	14	16	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.6 S	2.0 SSW	2.2 E	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 SE	2.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	3.5 S	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	8	11	10	10	10	8	14	10	14	14	14	12	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.8 E	1.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	13	7	8	7	11	9	14	15	15	12	9	14	10	10	10	-	10	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.7 N	-	4.5 SSW	6.0 S	4.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	7	5	7	-	8	8	-	-	6	6	-	14	13	13	-	-	12	14	12	12	12	12

	Thursday 26						Friday 27
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Austinmer Beach NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	South Broulee NSW - Far South	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Kingston Norfolk Island	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Redbill Beach TAS - East Coast	Port Macquarie-Town Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bellambi Point NSW - Illawarra	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	4	4	8	9	9	9	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 SW	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1256	1268	1265	1245	1553	1155	1997	1708	1861	1944	2444	715	1128	652	523	521	827	470	1414	634	531	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											3:38AM 1.26	4:34AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)					9:55PM 0.52														11:14AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	7	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	14	18	22	14	16	16	12	20	14	16	21	21	14	25	15	13	16	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	13	18	22	12	14	15	9	20	13	15	21	21	13	25	13	10	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.7 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.6 S	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	10	10	13	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	8	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 NNE	1.5 E	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.6 S	0.1 NE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 S	0.9 SE	1.5 E	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	11	13	9	12	-	-	14	6	8	13	11	11	8	10	11	8	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 SSE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	1.9 S	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	5	-	9	9	9	8	4	-	4	-	-	3	3	8	4	5	4

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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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