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http://www.breakingwind.com.au/

http://www.bom.gov.au/

http://www.seabreeze.com.au/

http://www.weatherzone.com.au/

Tides
http://www.ntf.flinders.edu.au/

In Australia go to http://www.bircagesoft.com.au and download their free weather stats program...it is down the bottom of the page after a heap of music shareware stuff.
It pulls its info from the BOM site but puts it in a handy little table format with wind speed/gusts/direction etc. The Gold Coast Seaway station updates every 10 mins, some others are half hourly (depends on how often BOM updates) It works for wherever there is a BOM station.


Real time windspeeds Australia (Yallingup, Perth, Lacelin, Geraldton, etc.):
http://www.windfinder.com/windreports/windkarte_au.htm

Wind Forecast Australia:
http://www.windfinder.com/forecasts/win ... alia24.htm



Wave Forecasts Australia:
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Surfcams Western Australia:
http://www.windfinder.com/webcams/webcamkarte_au.htm

Surfcams Southern & Eastern Australia:
http://www.windfinder.com/webcams/webcamkarte_aus.htm

Suggestions: info@windfinder.com

Kite beach Brighton Web Cam and weather station
http://members.optushome.com.au/sataskov/index.htm

another good site is http://www.coastalwatch.com.au

you can have a look at several web cams accross all Australian states. It is often worth while having a look to see how the swell is. So if you combine it with http://www.seabreeze.com.au and http://www.bom.gov.au you can make a really good selection of the beaches to go.


P

http://www.metocean.co.nz/forecast/ has free forecasts for commercial users but that also cover some SW Australia surf spots for wind and waves given intra day forecasts 7 days out.