Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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
25.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 5AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101099999998888161614161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107589280061152838533328624423819715811795918412657909018818116896
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
W
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.15
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
2:47PM
0.15
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:05---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:51-------6:50
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181719192020202018182021212221201919212222
Feels °C (?)181818171618181919192018182020202019202020202020
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