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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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 Queensland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Sheringa Beach SA - Eyre Peninsula	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 E	2.3 S	1.7 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	0.8 E	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSE	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	18	10	11	9	12	11	11	13	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	12
Energy	647	216	1296	484	1859	887	279	725	225	701	5084	14301	7346	5808	4135	3492	2310	2036	2367	2668	540	310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:03AM 1.48	12:04PM 1.22		2:22AM 1.89		1:40PM 0.87	1:44AM 1.37		3:06PM 1.01	3:13AM 1.44		4:35PM 1.06		4:05AM 1.37	4:51PM 1.27		5:00AM 1.39	5:55PM 1.46		5:40AM 1.40	6:24PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	5:28PM 0.42		6:28AM 0.61		8:09PM 0.75	8:06AM 0.54	6:37PM 0.64		8:41AM 0.30		8:16PM 0.38	10:06AM 0.40		9:51PM 0.63	10:49AM 0.31		10:43PM 0.47	11:27AM 0.22		11:42PM 0.35	11:53AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	18	20	18	16	19	19	16	28	21	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	16	16	15	29	21
Low °C	28	12	13	16	13	18	19	15	26	19	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	27	19
Chill °C (?)	29	18	20	17	15	19	19	15	28	21	15	15	14	13	14	14	13	16	15	14	29	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 E	2.3 S	0.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	0.8 E	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 E	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	18	10	11	10	12	11	11	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.1 NE	-	0.7 S	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	9	10	-	11	11	10	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	24	21	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 S	0.5 W	1.7 S	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	5	3	9	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Thursday 07					Friday 08							Saturday 09								Sun
	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period(s)	15	15	15	18	18	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	10
Energy	671	698	781	942	1123	1236	1222	1661	3045	2790	2039	1670	3018	1040	1088	1120	2600	642	1641	1000	612	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.28								12:49PM 0.91									1:40PM 0.87				2:00AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			5:28PM 0.42	7:29PM 0.58			6:53AM 0.55				5:58PM 0.36					7:47AM 0.35			6:37PM 0.64	7:06PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	26	26	11	11	15	20	21	17	15	13	14	14	17	20	20	19	16	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	26	26	9	10	15	20	21	17	14	12	13	13	17	20	20	19	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 S	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	18	18	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	11	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.8 E	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	0.3 WSW	2.5 S	-	2.2 S	-	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	6	9	9	9	11	11	11	9	11	-	-	3	10	-	10	-	10	10

	Thursday 07													Friday 08
	12PM	1PM	2PM	12PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Congo Beach - The Suck NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period(s)	16	15	15	20	19	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	11	10	10
Energy	610	690	671	693	555	227	222	306	152	152	410	289	258	459	426	718	947	1236	1185	1371	200	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 1.28				12:40PM 2.63									11:43PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)							4:35PM 0.46															7:22AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	28	28	22	21	22	15	15	14	10	10	14	13	11	11	11	11	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	28	28	22	21	22	13	13	12	8	8	13	11	8	8	9	9	7	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.4 S	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	15	10	9	10	10	10	7	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	16	15	15	20	19	7	7	9	12	12	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 S	2.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	4	5	5	7	4	4	8	8	4	4	9	9	4	3	3

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