Bar Beach surf break

Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 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
20.5° 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 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.6
E
1
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)881099999910101111101010101010910766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32123431824219916813013013013314114314313813313313098989773109123134
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
35
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
N
20
NNW
10
NW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
E
25
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossglassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
1.61
1:13AM
1.10
12:51PM
1.55
2:07AM
1.11
1:42PM
1.49
3:02AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.63
7:08PM
0.36
6:20AM
0.68
7:56PM
0.38
7:19AM
0.70
8:44PM
0.39
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:39-------7:40-------7:42----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1------2------------
Temp. °C192528252324222124303227252322212327292824212019
Feels °C (?)192527222323222023282925232322202226292724191918
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