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

	Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Bar Beach (Narooma) NSW - Far South	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Bar Beach (Narooma) NSW - Far South	Guilderton Rivermouth WA - Perth City	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Trapdoors NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (South) NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Brunswick Heads North NSW - North Coast	Bombo Beach NSW - Illawarra	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 SW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	11	9	9	8	8	10	8	7	13	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	11	10
Energy	1497	1524	1176	1420	1544	2321	1389	1256	1082	1303	1209	516	1127	2591	3209	1111	1421	1284	1017	1129	1001	1118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:25PM 1.95	10:10AM 1.12		10:15PM 1.77	11:18AM 1.07		11:10PM 1.72	12:26PM 1.06		12:24AM 1.67			1:05AM 1.55		2:24PM 1.08	2:13AM 1.45		3:28PM 1.13	3:26AM 1.38		4:23PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			4:11AM -0.03	3:38PM 0.16		5:12AM 0.00	4:40PM 0.41		6:16AM 0.06	5:18PM 0.27		7:16AM 0.11			8:07AM 0.18		7:30PM 0.60	9:24AM 0.33		9:12PM 0.52	9:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	13	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	19	22	13	16	18	14	17	17	15	16	20	17	20	19	18	20	20	18	18	18
Low °C	18	17	17	20	11	16	16	12	15	15	14	14	19	16	18	18	18	17	19	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	22	12	16	18	13	16	16	14	15	20	16	20	19	17	20	20	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57	-	-	5:25	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 SSE	1.8 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	11	9	9	8	9	10	9	7	13	10	10	11	10	9	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	10	10	10	10	-	11	10	-	-	-	9	9	11	9	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.6 N	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	-	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	7	8	9	9	8	8	10	8	7	-	10	10	-	9	9	9	10	-	-

	Monday 18				Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thu
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (North) NSW - Port Macquarie	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Back Bommie NSW - Port Macquarie	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Bawley Point NSW - South Coast	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South	Mckenzies Beach NSW - Far South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Energy	1297	1497	1365	1758	1524	3281	1212	1176	1000	1420	1826	1657	1544	1615	1567	2321	2200	1389	1712	1923	1256	1271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				9:19PM 1.80					10:15AM 1.12				10:15PM 1.77				11:19AM 1.07				11:10PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		2:48PM 0.24					4:14AM -0.04			3:38PM 0.16					5:08AM 0.14				4:36PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	7	5	5	6	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	19	17	17	18	16	17	17	22	15	13	13	12	11	16	17	18	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	17	17	18	16	17	17	22	14	12	12	11	9	16	17	18	13	12	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSW	1.6 N	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	4	-	4	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8

	Monday 18													Tuesday 19
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New-South-Wales	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bar Reef NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Blue Bay NSW - Newcastle	Blue Bay NSW - Newcastle	Boomerang Beach (North) NSW - Port Macquarie	Boomerang Beach (North) NSW - Port Macquarie	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra	Acids NSW - Illawarra
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1767	1297	1297	1282	1371	1497	1572	1467	1365	1471	1355	1758	1737	1754	1524	2209	2229	3281	3311	1166	1212	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												9:19PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)																			4:11AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	4	5	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	20	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	20	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	4	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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