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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Porpoise Bay Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Japs VIC - Far West	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Aragunnu Beach NSW - Far South	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Backsides NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Plommer NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	5	4	4	7	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	1.9 E	4.0 NE	1.3 W	2.1 N	1.5 E	1.3 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	16	15	9	18	13	13	18	13	13	13	10	10	18	11	12	13	7	11	12
Energy(?)	3401	2241	3246	1322	7507	2031	5661	3038	4007	4699	1186	1044	1193	519	539	868	1004	4469	561	471	566	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:32PM 0.87		9:28AM 3.44		9:47PM 3.65	8:52AM 1.25		8:55PM 1.53	3:36AM 0.48		10:57PM 3.61			2:01AM 0.58		1:58PM 0.62	2:36AM 0.61	11:07AM 1.34		2:38AM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)	9:33AM 0.10		11:00PM 0.17	3:20AM 0.53	2:22PM 0.18			2:38PM 0.26	3:24AM 0.13	8:53AM 0.16	4:51PM 0.41		7:18AM 0.03	2:15PM 0.26	8:04PM 0.22	7:54AM 0.23		8:17PM 0.17	4:44AM 0.24	5:17PM 0.41	8:02PM 0.06	8:50AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	10	-	-
High °C	13	9	11	24	11	14	17	11	9	17	12	10	10	19	17	14	22	13	12	11	17	21
Low °C	11	9	11	23	9	13	13	9	6	11	11	9	8	16	14	11	19	13	10	11	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	7	10	24	10	13	16	11	8	16	10	8	10	18	16	13	22	10	10	9	16	21
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:07
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSE	4.0 WSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.1 W	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 WSW	1.9 E	4.0 NE	1.3 W	0.4 WSW	1.5 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	16	15	16	11	15	9	18	13	13	18	24	13	13	10	10	18	11	12	13	13	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 E	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.7 N	0.3 S
Period (s)	6	12	6	16	-	9	7	24	20	-	13	21	19	6	6	13	-	-	13	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 W	0.5 W	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	2.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	13	3	3	5	5	5	6	-	4	7	3	3

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	3AM	3:30AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3:30AM	9AM	12PM	12:30PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12:30PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beachport SA - East Coast	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Caves SA - Nullarbor	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beachport SA - East Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	2.1 SW	2.2 S	2.5 SW	3.5 NE	2.5 SW	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	16	9	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	10	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1912	3402	3089	3293	3118	3130	3445	3415	2596	3438	2384	2047	1308	1435	7618	7101	6014	5130	3311	3383	1801	3038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								7:36PM 1.62				9:28AM 3.44					11:36PM 0.40			8:46AM 1.27		1:31PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)																8:35PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	13	8	13	15	12	15	13	13	11	11	13	16	25	9	8	7	6	13	14	13	11
Chill °C (?)	3	11	5	12	14	11	15	12	12	10	10	13	15	25	9	7	6	4	12	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.1 SW	1.9 S	2.5 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSE	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	13	16	9	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	10	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	-	1.2 SSW	0.7 W	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	18	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	16	6	5	-	16	18	-	-	-	9	9	25	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 NW	2.2 S	-	3.5 NE	0.7 S	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	13	10	14	-	9	6	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-

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	1AM	11:30PM	3AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7:30AM	11AM	12PM	10:30AM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6:30PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beachport SA - East Coast	Te Awanga Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Diamond Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Butterbox NSW - Sydney North Coast	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Caves SA - Nullarbor	Cloudbreak Mamanucas	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Beachport SA - East Coast	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.9 SW	1.1 SE	2.5 SW	2.1 ENE	2.5 SW	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	8	16	8	16	8	8	8	15	16	16	16	12	14	15	15	16	9	9	16	16
Energy(?)	897	2890	148	3338	642	3608	1318	662	464	1149	3487	3293	1846	1470	4101	4352	4424	4502	791	780	5205	5159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																1:15PM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)					2:08AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	14	8	11	13	11	14	13	14	14	12	13	16	24	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	4	12	5	11	13	10	14	13	14	13	11	12	16	24	14	14	14	14	16	15	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.9 SW	1.1 SE	2.5 SW	0.8 SSE	2.5 SW	2.1 E	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	8	16	9	16	8	8	8	15	16	16	16	12	14	15	15	16	9	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	1.0 WSW	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	8	6	12	20	12	12	12	18	6	-	-	19	11	11	11	11	8	8	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	1.7 SSW	-	2.1 ENE	-	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SW	1.6 SE	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	-	0.4 SW	-	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	15	-	8	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	16	6	12	11	11	11	-	3	-	10

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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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