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Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 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
23.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 3PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (09 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (09 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
NE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)666698888877777888845667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57433230404358575741394026232648484646334611618162
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
1.08
3:06AM
1.36
3:07PM
0.99
4:06AM
1.37
4:29PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
0.67
8:12PM
0.55
9:52AM
0.70
9:00PM
0.61
11:15AM
0.68
10:00PM
0.65
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:24-------
Sunset---7:50-------7:49-------7:47----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-12---------------------
Temp. °C202121212221202020232424232322212025262625242322
Feels °C (?)212221222222222221242525252525242227252423242422
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