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Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
23.3° 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 7AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
E
0.5
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.3
E
2.2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
NE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
SE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)10109979555656667777779786
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94676160774459675777506211438325726239414011291957377123
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
SSW
25
S
10
SSE
15
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.45
6:16PM
0.99
6:42AM
1.53
7:17PM
1.03
7:26AM
1.60
8:07PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.59
11:41PM
0.56
1:40PM
0.50
12:34AM
0.55
2:21PM
0.41
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise--5:58-------5:58-------5:58-----
Sunset------8:04-------8:04-------8:04-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------11-121-291--1121--
Temp. °C212122232322212122212122242321212020202422222222
Feels °C (?)212122222120191822212222222018201921222521232321
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