Bar Beach surf break

Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 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
23.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 9AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
E
1.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.5
NE
0.8
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
S
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
0.6
SSE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)777766566610109999106699995
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75606058567975102156473547545150465874681591561795346
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
N
5
NW
5
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
NNE
10
SE
15
S
25
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
1.74
9:38PM
1.37
9:37AM
1.75
10:13PM
1.44
10:16AM
1.72
10:49PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.43
3:36PM
0.19
3:18AM
0.37
4:08PM
0.16
4:00AM
0.32
4:42PM
0.17
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--6:30-------6:31-------6:31-----
Sunset-----7:42-------7:40-------7:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C212018222324232119192230333226242322222223232323
Feels °C (?)222218232121201918182028333227242423242424222323
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