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Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Banzai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banzai sea temperature is
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 7PM is: 0.8m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)19s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
E
0.5
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)999151917161615151414666777766556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)110101961094924994434162872091986314818112611085705048353961126
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.39
7:14PM
1.08
7:08AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.19
7:49AM
1.53
8:27PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.28
12:47AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.19
1:32AM
0.34
2:20PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.26
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:13-------7:10-------7:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------112
Temp. °C182021222221191918212223232221202125303025242321
Feels °C (?)181918201919181918212021212121202124292824242321
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