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Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 9PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)77771212111111111111111110101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24428621824422121719619218918918918518217816812812812512596941259494
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
W
0
WSW
10
N
20
ENE
20
E
10
ENE
15
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononoffglasscrossonononcrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
1.05
9:54AM
1.56
10:37PM
1.02
10:31AM
1.53
11:18PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
0.20
3:21AM
0.39
4:44PM
0.22
3:57AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.24
4:34AM
0.46
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise------5:39-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset-7:38-------7:39-------7:40------
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11-1---------151--1-----
Temp. °C181819191918181919191919191817202321212020191919
Feels °C (?)151516171715161717181819201919212120222018171818
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