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Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 AEDT
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Bar Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bar Beach sea temperature is
20.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 11PM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.5
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)87876677777771211111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)95306051121215240233353379352301247216198195191191188188144138131128
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.20
9:32AM
1.71
10:03PM
1.18
10:08AM
1.71
10:47PM
1.16
10:45AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33PM
0.32
2:56AM
0.39
4:14PM
0.31
3:31AM
0.44
4:55PM
0.31
4:09AM
0.50
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------5:39-------5:39-------5:39-
Sunset-7:36-------7:36-------7:37------
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--3--11-111-----------11
Temp. °C232319201918181919191919191919191920191920191819
Feels °C (?)232319191615151716161616171717171718171720191921
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