Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 29 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
25.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 4PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1111111010101010999999888881616161316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3160257320621673107589280061147538533328023820719314311495918512713191260
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
0
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.47
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.18
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.15
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:53-------6:52-------6:51----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161920202020191818192020202020181820212121212119
Feels °C (?)131517171818181717181919181920181821202019192120
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