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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Daku Kadavu Passage	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Cloudbreak Mamanucas
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	8	9	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	14	12	19	19	17	16	16	10	10	17	17	16	16	16	19	17	16	16
Energy(?)	1129	1966	571	1230	808	4667	4639	2227	4191	7836	1527	2469	2146	6085	8483	6525	4315	3439	1766	3982	2445	2076
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:09AM 1.27		3:49PM 0.80	4:55AM 1.28		5:42PM 0.84		5:36AM 1.55	6:04PM 1.24	2:55AM 1.33		3:17PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35		3:37PM 1.33		4:30AM 1.37		2:00AM 0.67	1:33PM 0.43		2:06AM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 0.70	10:33AM 0.66		9:18PM 0.58	12:19PM 0.57		10:51PM 0.72	12:20PM 0.68		8:37PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		9:23PM 0.29	9:32AM 0.29		9:41PM 0.24	10:48AM 0.25	6:30PM 0.24		8:50AM 0.31	7:31PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	7	2
High °C	23	21	20	15	22	14	12	20	14	12	21	19	18	20	20	18	20	20	27	27	27	27
Low °C	20	21	18	13	21	14	9	18	14	10	18	18	18	18	19	17	18	19	26	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	14	22	13	11	20	14	12	21	18	17	20	20	18	20	20	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	6:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	14	12	11	19	12	16	16	10	10	17	17	16	16	16	19	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	0.1 S	1.4 SE	1.2 NE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	7	12	13	7	21	19	11	17	18	20	20	19	-	-	-	19	18	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	-	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	1.8 NNE	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.9 SE	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	6	7	6	-	-	4	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 12							Friday 13									Saturday 14
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	2.5 NE	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	9	20	19	19	19	18
Energy(?)	847	1217	1129	1229	1371	1285	1892	1861	1607	1230	1315	1647	1651	1096	1013	935	2744	4750	4639	4950	4083	4409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:38AM 1.25				3:40PM 1.13			1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28				1:53AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 0.70											7:40AM 0.33				7:52PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	23	21	20	21	26	22	22	22	13	13	13	19	22	20	18	19	10	9	9	11	12
Chill °C (?)	26	23	21	20	21	26	22	22	22	12	12	12	19	22	20	18	19	10	8	8	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	2.0 ENE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	7	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	14	14	14	13	9	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 ENE	1.6 SE	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	13	8	7	13	13	12	12	11	13	13	13	8	7	8	9	14	20	19	19	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	1.8 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 N	1.4 NNE	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	8	6	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Cheese Graters Lord Howe Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	434	482	790	772	844	815	2067	2179	1983	334	283	283	287	321	321	345	437	2783	2970	3312	3774	3921
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				8:09PM 0.54								6:54AM 0.31						10:31AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	25	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	12	11	11	12	17	18	20	18	12	12	12	14	13
Chill °C (?)	31	25	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	10	9	10	10	17	18	20	17	9	9	9	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	10	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	10	10	10	10	11

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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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