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Bar Beach surf break

Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 10 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
23.5° 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 12PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
NE
1.1
ENE
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)888878867788898877777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)119876849279502157239378397459639645560424203155216256258222191164134
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.26
3:12AM
1.32
2:56PM
1.13
4:05AM
1.34
3:54PM
1.04
5:00AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
0.64
8:34PM
0.44
9:23AM
0.69
9:14PM
0.50
10:36AM
0.69
9:58PM
0.53
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:56-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:05-------8:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------18851-1----1
Temp. °C273235322926212121212120191818192020212121212222
Feels °C (?)222833292625181717181717151617192020201920222425
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