Bar Beach surf break

Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.2° 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 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)9999999999999910109989810910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2081691731731351321017876818561817917119722222716913298878788
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
SW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
SSE
15
E
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
S
20
SE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
1.22
11:07PM
1.58
11:36AM
1.15
11:49PM
1.53
12:30PM
1.08
12:37AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
0.54
5:50AM
0.53
5:07PM
0.63
6:43AM
0.58
5:50PM
0.71
7:44AM
0.61
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:07-------6:07-------6:09-
Sunset-5:43-------5:40-------5:39------
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C201717171616162427252422212120222322212120191922
Feels °C (?)201716161515142226242321191919212221222322202123
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