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

	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Blue Bay NSW - Newcastle	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lyall Bay Wellington	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Muriwai Beach Auckland	Porpoise Bay Catlins
Rating	5	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 NE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	3.5 W	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	0.9 WSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	8	9	11	11	11	11	13	10	15	9	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	19	14
Energy	527	706	1656	3250	4538	1287	1863	665	229	2171	5084	14301	2651	1834	4135	3072	3420	2036	2367	2668	1418	5330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:55PM 1.32		1:10PM 0.91	12:49AM 1.28		1:40PM 0.87	2:17AM 0.97		3:26PM 0.70	2:46AM 1.24		4:20PM 0.78	3:43AM 1.27		4:50PM 1.29		4:43AM 1.26	5:55PM 1.46		5:22AM 1.38	4:48PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)	5:28PM 0.42		7:04AM 0.35	6:14PM 0.59		8:06AM 0.54	6:37PM 0.64	7:38PM 0.41	8:41AM 0.30		8:36PM 0.59	9:35AM 0.27		9:46PM 0.55	10:20AM 0.22		10:41PM 0.45	11:04AM 0.19		10:03PM 0.44	11:43AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	20	21	15	18	17	17	17	11	16	16	13	11	15	11	11	16	16	15	14	8
Low °C	14	9	14	18	12	17	15	15	14	9	16	15	11	9	14	10	10	14	16	15	13	8
Chill °C (?)	12	12	20	21	14	18	17	17	17	7	15	15	13	8	14	11	9	16	15	14	13	6
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	5:08	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	0.9 E	2.5 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 NE	1.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.1 N	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 S	3.5 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	11	11	13	10	9	12	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 N	0.9 E	0.5 S	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	9	10	11	11	11	7	11	15	16	-	-	-	11	-	12	11	26	24	21	19	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	-	2.5 S	3.5 S	-	1.1 N	-	-	3.5 W	-	4.5 SW	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	11	11	-	7	-	-	9	-	14	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 07				Friday 08								Saturday 09							Sunday 10
	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Kingston Norfolk Island	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Kiama Pool NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Blue Bay NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Clifton Beach TAS - East Coast
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 NE	1.7 S	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	15	8	9	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	13	10	13
Energy	671	527	1011	1068	3028	1236	1222	1329	3045	3250	4155	3793	5911	3051	5004	4430	4317	1841	1641	1689	1193	1575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.28				11:55PM 1.31				12:49PM 0.91	1:20PM 0.64								2:14PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)			5:18PM 0.56				6:53AM 0.55	7:33AM 0.29			6:15PM 0.60					7:53AM 0.36			6:37PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	14	13	11	9	11	11	14	20	21	15	13	14	13	12	15	17	17	19	12	18	10
Chill °C (?)	22	12	11	8	6	9	10	13	20	21	14	12	13	12	11	14	16	16	19	10	18	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.7 S	0.8 ENE	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 NE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.1 N	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 N	0.9 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 SSW	2.4 S	0.6 WSW	3.0 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	-	1.7 S	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	9	4	10	9	9	-	11	11	11	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	-	10	13

	Thursday 07													Friday 08
	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Kingston Norfolk Island	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Kiama Pool NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Blue Bay NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Cabarita NSW - North Coast	Clifton Beach TAS - East Coast
Rating	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.7 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.7 SSW	0.9 E	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	0.9 E	2.3 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.0 NE	1.9 S	2.2 SSW
Period(s)	16	10	10	10	8	10	9	7	10	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	16
Energy	610	206	265	210	527	227	222	498	152	594	924	1068	157	1114	3892	4066	3117	798	1185	187	772	2186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.28		12:13PM 0.91											11:51PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)							4:35PM 0.46	5:33PM 0.36													6:55AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	14	14	15	22	21	17	15	15	12	11	13	11	10	10	11	9	11	17	11	11
Chill °C (?)	22	13	12	12	13	22	21	16	13	13	9	8	11	8	8	8	8	6	9	17	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	6:15	7:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.7 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	2.2 S	2.3 S	0.9 E	2.3 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.0 NE	1.1 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	-	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	16	17	17	17	10	7	7	9	12	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	-	2.1 S	0.8 N	1.9 S	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	7	4	4	-	-	7	5	7	4	4	8	4	10	10	9	-	9	5	9	16

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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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