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

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Crazies WA - Far South	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Nusa New Ireland	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Beachport SA - East Coast	Nusa New Ireland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Rubio New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Pennington Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Noosa - Tea Tree Bay QLD - Sunshine Coast	Alexandra Headland QLD - Sunshine Coast
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.2 SW	1.6 E	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.1 NE	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	0.9 N	1.4 SSW	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	16	12	11	13	15	14	16	14	12	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	8	10
Energy(?)	1290	382	609	826	538	677	470	2721	697	2109	2416	554	792	619	855	1163	842	409	683	661	842	970
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 3.48	10:35AM 3.69		10:59PM 3.62	11:12AM 3.78		3:56AM 0.88	11:54AM 1.25		3:40AM 1.29	12:10PM 2.50		11:50PM 0.38	12:40PM 1.05		3:42AM 0.53		2:06PM 3.26	9:03PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)	4:13PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.24	4:49PM 0.34		5:07AM 0.15	5:28PM 0.10	9:24PM 0.26	5:25AM 0.61	5:48PM 0.18	9:05PM 0.67	6:07AM 0.26	7:25PM 0.41		5:05AM 0.37		11:30PM 0.37	8:04AM 0.69		9:29PM 0.60	9:49AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
High °C	20	24	20	24	17	19	25	26	28	21	19	28	29	27	28	29	18	23	27	23	24	24
Low °C	19	20	19	24	16	19	25	21	28	18	19	28	28	27	28	28	17	20	22	20	23	22
Chill °C (?)	20	24	20	24	16	19	25	26	28	21	19	28	29	27	28	29	18	23	27	23	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	7:24	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	7:21	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.2 SW	1.6 E	1.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.1 NE	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	0.9 NE	1.4 SSW	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	14	6	13	16	12	11	13	15	14	16	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNW	-	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.9 N	-	-	0.9 N	-	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	19	12	19	-	15	12	5	5	12	-	-	12	-	12	14	7	3	5	6	5	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.3 E	1.0 S	0.7 E	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.4 S	-	2.4 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	3	6	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	4	-	-	6	-	8	10

	Wednesday 18				Thursday 19							Fri	Thu	Friday 20							Sat
	4PM	7PM	10PM	8PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	7PM	7PM	1AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1:30PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	1:30AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Rubio New Ireland	Crazies WA - Far South	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Nusa New Ireland	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nusa New Ireland	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Cape Arid WA - Far South
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 NNW	1.8 E	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 NE	1.6 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	9	12	10	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	16
Energy(?)	1290	1018	935	525	789	609	609	820	660	545	890	783	2228	802	1657	674	1016	707	867	777	960	1273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)											4:42PM 0.99	10:39PM 2.46		11:31PM 0.72								11:50PM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		4:13PM 0.30				4:30AM 0.24		9:19AM 0.30		4:30PM 0.19						5:31AM 0.08		5:28PM 0.10		8:51PM 0.63	10:48PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	26	16	17	19	29	31	19	26	18	27	23	21	24	20	19	18	28	16	26
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	26	15	16	19	29	31	19	26	18	27	23	21	24	20	19	18	28	16	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	0.9 NNE	1.8 E	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	2.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 NE	1.6 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	9	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.2 NNW	1.0 SW	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 W	0.1 NW	1.0 N	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	19	19	19	-	19	19	19	13	6	13	11	12	5	6	6	6	3	8	16	12	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 W	-	0.8 SSW	1.3 NNW	0.5 S	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	6	-	4	12	4	-	5	-	-	4	7	-	-	4	5

	Wednesday 18											Thu	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	12PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	5PM	11PM	9PM	1AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	3:30AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	7:30AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lakey Peak Sumbawa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Rubio New Ireland	Crazies WA - Far South	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Nusa New Ireland	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Cape Arid WA - Far South	Pondalowie Bay SA - Yorke Peninsula	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nusa New Ireland	Middleton Point SA - East Coast	Cape Arid WA - Far South
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.1 NE	1.4 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	12	8	14	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1452	1325	1290	680	1048	1018	1018	801	296	335	857	335	601	263	583	252	479	609	609	803	689	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)										10:03PM 2.37						11:06PM 0.81	3:07AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)									4:47PM 0.57		8:15PM 0.49											5:23AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	30	19	19	18	28	23	19	27	19	21	18	19	17	17	17	17	27	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	30	19	19	18	28	23	19	27	19	21	17	18	16	16	16	16	27	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.1 NE	1.4 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 NW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	12	8	14	8	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 N	0.1 S	1.2 SW	1.0 NNW	1.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	19	19	19	10	19	19	19	8	13	13	12	13	-	13	5	-	-	19	19	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 W	1.3 ESE	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 ESE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.8 SE	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	0.9 S	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	-	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	-	5	5

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Brunei Darussalam	Indonesia	Philippines
Cambodia	Malaysia	Thailand
Christmas Island	Northern-Territory
EastTimor	Palau

South-Australia	Victoria
Tasmania	Western-Australia

Adelaide	New Britain Duke of York	Sandaun
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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