Queensland Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Queensland 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 Queensland region.

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	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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 Queensland	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Tarawai East Sepik	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Beachport SA - East Coast	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Aitape Sandaun	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lakey Peak Sumbawa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 S	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.9 NW	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 NNE	1.7 N	1.9 SSW	1.7 N	1.8 N	2.1 SW	2.0 N	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	8	16	12	13	13	13	15	11	14	14	15	15	8	13
Energy(?)	1064	923	596	705	1108	943	1508	1816	907	942	323	1282	1127	778	1474	1036	1292	1384	1889	1762	357	710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:15AM 1.61				5:25PM 1.39		5:32AM 1.68			6:32AM 1.56		7:05PM 1.53	7:03AM 1.54		7:21PM 1.88	7:48AM 1.56		8:09PM 1.69	8:31AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 0.84	11:15AM 0.61					11:12PM 0.57	12:03PM 0.41		12:23AM 0.34	12:52PM 0.14		1:07AM 0.24		1:05PM 0.30	1:31AM 0.37		1:54PM 0.02	2:33AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	2	9	-	2	-	-
High °C	25	26	15	21	21	20	19	19	28	30	18	16	20	28	27	20	29	27	14	28	19	29
Low °C	24	24	14	21	19	17	18	19	27	27	18	15	17	27	25	20	27	25	14	27	17	26
Chill °C (?)	25	26	14	21	21	20	19	19	28	30	18	15	20	28	27	20	29	27	13	28	19	29
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.2 S	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 S	1.1 NNE	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 NNE	1.7 N	1.9 SSW	1.7 N	1.8 N	2.1 SW	2.0 N	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	12	13	16	12	13	13	13	15	11	14	14	15	15	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.2 NNE	1.1 SSE	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	1.6 E	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.9 NW	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	18	6	6	12	7	14	-	12	17	11	-	8	8	12	8	10	-	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.7 SW	1.4 S	-	1.9 NW	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	5	7	4	7	-	8	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13
	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Skull Island New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Mooloolaba QLD - Sunshine Coast	Mooloolaba QLD - Sunshine Coast	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 S	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1554	1604	1096	1182	539	1008	1109	806	901	1041	1073	1108	1155	1264	1290	1014	1269	1063	1323	1075	1842	1671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 0.79				2:38PM 2.02				4:06AM 1.60				5:16PM 1.02				4:52AM 1.67				5:36PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)			10:51AM 0.70			9:14PM 0.54									10:39PM 0.58				11:52AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	25	24	28	23	22	21	21	25	19	21	19	18	16	18	17	21	19	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	27	28	25	24	28	23	22	21	21	25	19	21	19	18	16	18	16	21	19	19	19	17
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:36	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.3 W	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 S	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.1 SW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.4 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	14	13	24	13	12	5	12	12	19	6	7	7	7	6	11	11	7	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	7	-	-

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Skull Island New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Double Island Point - East Side QLD - North Coast	Mooloolaba QLD - Sunshine Coast	Mooloolaba QLD - Sunshine Coast	Fraser Island - Indian Head QLD - North Coast	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.4 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2018	1784	975	1033	566	836	854	732	721	1127	577	547	555	580	596	687	834	820	634	620	584	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													4:16PM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)							10:04AM 0.42											9:11PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	22	23	26	23	24	26	27	25	16	25	24	23	23	24	22	22	22	22	17	16
Chill °C (?)	27	27	22	23	26	23	24	26	27	25	15	25	24	23	23	24	22	22	22	22	16	15
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.4 W	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.4 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	4	13	13	12	12	14	20	6	6	6	6	14	13	13	6	6	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	6

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Cambodia	Malaysia	Thailand
Christmas Island	Northern-Territory
EastTimor	Palau

South-Australia	Victoria
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Brisbane	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands
Darwin Northern Territories	New Georgia	South Australia East Coast
East Sepik	New Ireland	South Coast New South Wales
East Timor Timor Sea	New South Wales Far South	Sumba
Efate	Newcastle	Sunshine Coast
Eyre Peninsula	Norfolk Island	Sydney North Coast
Gold Coast	North Coast New South Wales	Sydney South Coast
Illawarra	Nullarbor	Timor
Kangaroo Island	Port Macquarie	Vanuatu
Lord Howe Island	Queensland North Coast	Yorke Peninsula

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