Banzai Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 17 Nov 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 20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (17 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s

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

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	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	7	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	16	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	18	26	27	29	22	18	104	225	241	189	78	51	32	51	119	62	73	53	84	68	44	382	285	215
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SSW	SSE	SE	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	ENE	E	ENE	NE	N	NW	WNW	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	W	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:08AM 1.43				7:20PM 1.13				7:40AM 1.50					8:01PM 1.11				8:12AM 1.54				8:40PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)			1:33PM 0.34				1:09AM 0.31					2:13PM 0.28			1:41AM 0.32					2:50PM 0.23				2:14AM 0.34

	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	23	23	20	18	16	15	16	19	19	20	19	18	16	15	18	21	21	22	22	21	20	18
Feels °C (?)	15	17	18	18	18	15	13	12	13	15	14	15	15	16	16	14	17	19	18	19	18	20	20	16

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