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Bar Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 24 Aug 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 8PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (24 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Bar Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 2306 | 2030 | 2197 | 877 | 796 | 701 | 513 | 430 | 383 | 462 | 660 | 939 | 970 | 833 | 702 | 607 | 505 | 1308 | 1784 | 650 | 500 | 422 | 361 | 313 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:05PM 1.65 | 9:38AM 1.41 | 9:40PM 1.55 | 10:13AM 1.42 | 10:15PM 1.44 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:50PM 0.32 | 3:31AM 0.17 | 3:31PM 0.33 | 4:02AM 0.21 | 4:12PM 0.37 | 4:31AM 0.27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at Bar Beach (calm at Merewether 3 km from Bar Beach). 3.3m 10s swell from the S with a 2.0m 10s swell, also from the S and a 0.8m 9s swell, also from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 h 45 min ago
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