Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 26 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
21.7° 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 1AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
E
1
E
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
0.6
E
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101067111156117711111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191143138138177167131969896961271181142389216584180138112114112114
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
SE
15
E
5
ENE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
15
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
0.99
1:28PM
1.35
2:58AM
1.05
2:27PM
1.31
3:57AM
1.15
3:31PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
0.28
7:04AM
0.59
8:32PM
0.26
8:17AM
0.61
9:23PM
0.23
9:35AM
0.58
Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise----5:37-------5:37-------5:37---
Sunset-------7:44-------7:45-------7:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C272522212329252422201919202122222221202124272824
Feels °C (?)282421192026222122191820211918181819201922242724
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