
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.
Queensland Wavefinder
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Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2.0 ESE | 2.1 ESE | 1.9 ESE | 1.8 ESE | 1.7 ESE | 1.7 ESE | 1.4 ESE | 1.5 ESE | 2.2 E | 1.8 E | 2.0 E | 2.2 E | 2.3 E | 2.4 E | 2.5 ENE | 2.5 ENE | 2.1 E | 2.0 E | 2.2 ENE | 1.8 ENE | 1.8 E | 1.6 E | |
| Period(s) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Energy | 477 | 825 | 408 | 373 | 579 | 325 | 273 | 323 | 1345 | 505 | 665 | 1452 | 1562 | 929 | 976 | 994 | 920 | 656 | 796 | 564 | 563 | 422 |
| Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:14PM 1.89 | 6:17AM 1.69 | 7:00PM 2.02 | 7:05AM 1.66 | 7:47PM 2.12 | 8:08AM 1.45 | 8:37PM 2.02 | 8:39AM 1.48 | 9:26PM 2.14 | 9:30AM 1.40 | 10:19PM 2.09 | 10:26AM 1.31 | 11:20PM 1.77 | 11:30AM 1.17 | ||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:38AM 0.43 | 12:27PM 0.33 | 1:19AM 0.08 | 1:09PM 0.27 | 2:12AM 0.47 | 1:58PM 0.25 | 3:12AM 0.30 | 2:38PM 0.22 | 4:03AM 0.50 | 3:26PM 0.28 | 5:03AM 0.54 | 4:21PM 0.40 | 6:06AM 0.56 | 5:17PM 0.46 | ||||||||
Summary | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | risk thund- der | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | mod. rain | rain shwrs | light rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | risk thund- der | heavy rain | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear |
Rain (mm) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 29 | 1 | - | - |
High °C | 21 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
Low °C | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
Chill °C (?) | 21 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
Sunrise | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | 6:18 | - |
Sunset | 5:08 | - | - | 5:08 | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | 5:02 | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | 5:05 |
| Swell1 (m) & direction | - | 1.6 ESE | - | - | 1.3 ESE | 0.1 NE | 1.4 ESE | 1.5 ESE | 1.8 E | 1.8 E | 2.0 E | 1.9 E | 2.0 E | - | - | - | 2.1 E | 2.0 E | 2.2 ENE | 1.8 ENE | 1.8 E | 1.6 E |
| Period (s) | - | 8 | - | - | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Swell2 (m) & direction | - | - | - | - | 0.5 E | - | 0.1 NE | 0.1 NE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Period (s) | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wind waves (m) & direction | 2.0 ESE | 2.1 ESE | 1.9 ESE | 1.8 ESE | 1.7 ESE | 1.7 ESE | - | - | 2.2 E | - | - | 2.2 E | 2.3 E | 2.4 E | 2.5 ENE | 2.5 ENE | 1.7 NNE | 1.4 NNE | - | - | 0.3 SSW | - |
| Period (s) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | - | - | 3 | - |
List of all animated swell maps
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