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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 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 3s |
Table - waves today at Bar Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 42 | 41 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 58 | 84 | 82 | 156 | 104 | 82 | 58 | 39 | 33 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 42 | 48 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | glass | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:07AM 1.09 | 4:58PM 1.57 | 6:03AM 1.18 | 5:55PM 1.60 | 6:45AM 1.27 | 6:42PM 1.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:58PM 0.34 | 10:23AM 0.57 | 11:54PM 0.28 | 11:30AM 0.50 | 12:38AM 0.23 | 12:23PM 0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 15 |
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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). 1.0m 8s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
1 h 17 min ago
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