Banzai surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banzai today?

The current surf forecast for Banzai at 11PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)77777778889999991010101213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1071111111271281681201451571952152252753263333404144325099881423163417661583
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
1.18
12:33AM
1.56
1:17PM
1.06
1:33AM
1.50
2:34PM
0.97
2:45AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
0.30
7:20AM
0.24
6:52PM
0.40
8:34AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.49
9:57AM
0.30
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:58-------7:00-------7:00-
Sunset-7:01-------7:00-------6:59------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C222322222222212323232222201818212222222120191923
Feels °C (?)222321212122222222222122211819222222232222202024
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