Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 24 Oct 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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 8AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (24 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.3
SSE
0.8
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
S
1.2
SSE
1
ENE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)111010101010107799999999991515141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4524324164022844314702861371022321902081699974735555157279200176121
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
W
5
WNW
15
NE
5
WNW
10
NE
5
ESE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
1.52
10:50PM
1.07
10:51AM
1.48
11:31PM
1.00
11:30AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.36
4:57PM
0.25
4:21AM
0.41
5:38PM
0.29
4:54AM
0.47
6:24PM
0.35
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Sunrise--6:03-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:14-------7:15--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161416201918171716161617191919181817182226262220
Feels °C (?)151315181314141515161616151515161715161825252321
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Banzai (light winds from the W at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 13 km from Banzai). 1.2m 10s swell from the S with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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W
Clean
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