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Frenchmans Reef surf Forecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 26 Apr 2024 AEST
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Frenchmans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is 22.8°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.0 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.4 °C)
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Frenchmans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is 22.8°C (Statistics for 26 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.0 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.4 °C)


How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 4AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (27 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (27 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1.9
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)14131212121212121111101010101010991010101099999999677778888777889988888991117171717166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2593168612691005887792690604475381374308250200192148106787068674644614341110868479300474422400650853848657531455465521531287416380585574464385272297286466268281284274309357
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
SW
25
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
20
S
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
NE
5
N
5
W
0
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.47
10:19AM
1.05
10:26PM
1.46
11:10AM
0.99
11:12PM
1.43
12:09PM
0.94
12:07AM
1.39
1:18PM
0.93
1:10AM
1.36
2:33PM
0.97
2:21AM
1.34
3:43PM
1.05
3:33AM
1.35
4:41PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
0.25
3:51PM
0.39
5:19AM
0.27
4:35PM
0.46
6:15AM
0.29
5:29PM
0.52
7:17AM
0.31
6:38PM
0.56
8:21AM
0.32
7:55PM
0.57
9:23AM
0.31
9:12PM
0.54
10:18AM
0.29
10:24PM
0.46
Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise----6:22-------6:24-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26-------6:26-------6:28-------
Sunset-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10----
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Rain (mm)
---------------------------112619103111173-112355222223543112234
Temp. °C191918161617192020191817161720212019181616202423222120191818171718181716161919191818171718181818191817161616181918171716
Feels °C (?)171716141415181919181717161619191717171515192321202019151615131213131412111314141313141515151515171616161616191917161616

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