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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Te Araroa East Cape	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Japs VIC - Far West	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Muriwai Beach Auckland	Casuarina Beach NSW - North Coast	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Austinmer Beach NSW - Illawarra	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Colac Bay Southland	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.5 E	1.8 SW	2.4 NE	2.1 W	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	2.1 W	1.2 N	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	11	14	13	12	12	13	7	8	13	10	13	8	9	11	11	6	6	11
Energy(?)	456	640	189	1133	1538	1690	713	1566	1411	1369	442	1662	1723	391	384	188	304	465	361	356	104	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:50PM 2.36		6:24AM 2.32	4:20PM 2.03		12:41PM 2.18	3:02PM 0.44	1:43AM 1.66	5:49AM 1.82	6:56PM 0.44			2:23PM 2.02	2:52AM 1.90	7:19AM 2.74			7:02AM 2.80		7:21PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)			12:15AM 0.37	12:41PM 0.56		10:41PM 0.46	6:19AM 0.53		7:36PM 0.33	11:59AM 0.64		10:52PM 0.40	8:39AM 0.41		8:49PM 0.61		4:27PM 0.78	12:43AM 1.03		1:15PM 1.13	1:41AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	26	-	-	-	-	9	4	-
High °C	19	16	18	18	20	11	21	15	13	19	13	16	19	25	24	27	22	15	23	15	18	22
Low °C	14	16	16	16	19	8	20	14	10	12	12	15	17	25	24	21	21	14	21	14	17	21
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	17	20	8	21	13	11	19	11	14	19	25	24	27	22	14	23	15	17	22
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	7:36	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.8 NNE	1.8 SW	2.4 NE	2.1 W	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	8	14	11	14	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	10	13	8	9	11	11	9	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.8 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 E	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	10	13	-	12	13	16	10	9	7	10	15	-	10	9	5	13	8	6	4	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	0.3 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 ESE	-	1.4 NE	0.6 NNE	-	2.1 W	1.2 N	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	14	5	4	3	-	7	8	3	4	4	-	5	4	-	6	6	3

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	1:30PM	4:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.9 NNE	4.0 WSW	2.2 NE	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	14	13	12	16	15	14	12
Energy(?)	788	599	796	1122	830	1026	1441	5834	1518	973	919	809	1236	1289	1375	1243	1400	901	1133	1256	1561	1798
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:50PM 2.36				4:19AM 0.74				3:08PM 0.40		12:02AM 2.08		4:29AM 2.96	7:21AM 2.23		3:25PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)	7:34AM 0.23	11:45AM 0.48			9:45PM 0.35					10:06AM 0.46	12:34PM 0.38										9:47PM 0.94	9:34PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	21	19	14	14	16	8	19	15	18	21	17	18	17	12	12	21	20	19	18	10
Chill °C (?)	20	19	21	19	14	13	16	7	19	15	17	21	17	18	17	12	12	21	20	18	17	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.9 NNE	4.0 WSW	2.2 NE	1.8 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 W	2.0 W	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	10	10	14	13	12	12	15	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 W	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 E	-	0.6 E	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 N	0.9 N	1.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	5	5	11	9	9	12	-	12	13	-	-	13	12	12	13	5	16	16	12	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	2	5	5	5	6	-

	Tuesday 09																Wednesday 10
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 E	4.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 W	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	11	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	781	464	456	527	677	674	226	11729	88	634	989	1115	113	427	463	501	1405	543	536	568	559	6590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								12:32PM 0.49												2:07AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)	7:34AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	13	14	16	16	16	22	13	21	16	18	18	19	17	17	15	15	17	16	16	16	8
Chill °C (?)	18	12	13	16	16	16	22	11	21	16	18	18	19	17	17	15	14	17	16	16	16	7
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	0.6 E	4.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.1 W	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	10	10	14	13	11	12	14	14	10	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	1.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NW	0.3 E	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	-	14	10	14	4	14	8	8	9	5	8	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	3.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	0.3 N	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	13	-	-	4	4	4	4	6	-	2	-	-	4	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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