Backdoor 4 surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Backdoor 4 surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backdoor 4 sea temperature is
24.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Backdoor 4 today?

The current surf forecast for Backdoor 4 at 6PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Backdoor 4. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
5.5
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)9910101012121212121212121211111111101010131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38039742352362210901360145914151378136913471215106681962954540721017315295671556214477
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
N
20
E
20
NE
15
SW
20
NW
20
W
20
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
55
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
0.97
2:45AM
1.45
4:04PM
0.95
4:04AM
1.43
5:24PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.49
9:57AM
0.30
9:19PM
0.53
11:14AM
0.27
10:45PM
0.52
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:59-------6:58-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1341---32---
Temp. °C192222222221212019242525201918171514151316161413
Feels °C (?)2024222222212321192423241917161486827876
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Backdoor 4 surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest