Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
23.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 5PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)1616161514135511111177551467756666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134183174723552494139372354573442363543344572829277
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
1.44
9:01PM
1.46
9:12AM
1.38
9:33PM
1.51
9:49AM
1.31
10:04PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
3:17PM
0.18
3:50AM
0.19
3:46PM
0.23
4:29AM
0.20
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:05-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:50-------6:49-------6:46----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192121222121191919202122212120191821222121212020
Feels °C (?)202119201920202020202021202121201921201819191818
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