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Bar Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 24 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bar Beach at 4AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)99991011111111141413131312121212121212131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1971932492804354524894693574259559158247997511140126811381138103689213011098972
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
25
NE
5
NE
5
WNW
5
W
5
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
5
W
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.42
1:35PM
1.37
2:25AM
1.45
2:37PM
1.24
3:28AM
1.49
3:53PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
0.30
7:35AM
0.49
7:55PM
0.36
8:45AM
0.52
8:47PM
0.42
10:06AM
0.51
Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise----6:07-------6:09-------6:09---
Sunset8:00-------8:00-------8:00------7:59
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221202025282625242322212222222222212121222222
Feels °C (?)212124232227282624252520192020202122212120222121
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