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Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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 5PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1
ESE
1.7
SE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
1.4
ESE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)888111111111111111111111111111111111111789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2502111772266778461006943846792705846878862785771700634664945433466558460
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
1.65
10:40PM
1.14
10:34AM
1.63
11:18PM
1.18
11:10AM
1.58
11:59PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.11
4:09AM
0.33
5:16PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.35
5:50PM
0.10
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:04-------8:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222222120191818212121202019181921222020191919
Feels °C (?)202020202019181716191819191919181920181516151415
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