Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 03 Jul 2025 AEST
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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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 4AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Jul)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (04 Jul)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

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Thu
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.8
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)1110101010109910101010101010999988888888888899667766776101010101010101011111111111112121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)699154614346387514961282126897095195110299387306515454033622802641841811591591669795716964626351468623111598796758504035282944474542434872889298147178203171181
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
0
S
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
1.03
3:34PM
1.27
3:31AM
0.96
4:22PM
1.33
4:35AM
0.93
5:08PM
1.39
5:35AM
0.94
5:52PM
1.45
6:27AM
0.96
6:35PM
1.51
7:14AM
0.99
7:16PM
1.57
7:57AM
1.02
7:56PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:56PM
0.59
8:43AM
0.39
10:05PM
0.56
9:28AM
0.42
11:07PM
0.50
10:16AM
0.44
12:00AM
0.42
11:04AM
0.44
12:46AM
0.35
11:51AM
0.42
1:28AM
0.28
12:36PM
0.40
2:08AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.17
Thu
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Fri
11
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset-------4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151312121113151615141312121315151615151414151919171514131214171714131211111315161413131212151717141211101012151514111111
Feels °C (?)977879121414121110101112121413141312141716141311979131399888101112108877111213108766710109543
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