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Good website for Australian surf reports?

PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:02 am
by Squeaky
Hi I currently use coastalwatch.com to look at surf reports for beaches around where I live in Australia, (it shows what the surf is like at just about every surfing beach in Oz) but its not that accurate and the surf cams keep stuffing up, so I was wondering if anyone else knew a good website with accurate daily surf reports on it for around Australia or just NSW? If you could let me know of one that would be great, thanks!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:14 am
by Aloha
The best website BY FAR for surf reports is http://www.buoyweather.com and this is worldwide not just for Australia!!!

If your area doesn't have an actual ocean buoy gathering data then find a virtual buoy as they are good too.

This will give you the swell direction, size, period and wind directions too. And it is never very far off the mark, I surf by it all the time, that and the NSW tide tables.

Here is a link to the virtual buoys for the NSW region:
http://buoyweather.com/wxnav.jsp?region=AS&program=Maps

Other Websites are http://www.realsurf.com.au it's heavily Sydney based but has some surf reports for other areas too. I don't really go by what they say too much as they usually keep quiet when it's really going off. The guy who does my local beach is quite good but whenever he's quiet I'm usually out there with him having a blast! Their forums aren't very beginner friendly either so don't go in there asking kooky questions as there are quite a few macho localist grommie trolls in their looking for a flame war.

Another goodie is http://www.surfit.com.au unfortunately it is also very sydney Northern beaches orientated.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:47 pm
by Brian
Sweet sites man, specially surfit. :D all the beaches i surf at

PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:56 am
by Squeaky
ok thanx guys the sites have been alot of help :D

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:23 am
by Aloha
Ooops how could I forget to post this one?

http://www.swellnet.com.au/nsw.htm

Re: Good website for Australian surf reports?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:24 am
by out the back
for far north coast surfers, http://byronsurf.com.au also has a Byron surf report. I also use the websites already mentioned especially swellnet & coastalwatch.