Bar Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.78° E

Bar Beach, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 3 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bar Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
0.7° 

Bar Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Bar Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Bar Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Bar Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Newcastle

3 km N324 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
wind obs. (7 kph from 150 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
16.3 °C-
-

-

Merewether

3 km SW50 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 324°)
15
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station

3 km NE33 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
wind obs. (9 kph from 360 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
13.9 °C-
-

-

Cardiff Heights wx

11 km WSW1 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 315°)
10
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Warners Bay

12 km SW93 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
-
(- km/h at °)
- °C-
-
-
-
0

Williamtown Airport

16 km NNE216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearDry and partly cloudy
25
moderate winds from the WNW
(24 km/h at 290°)
Q1022 °C0.0
0.0
no cloud
broken
broken

Freemans Waterhole wx

28 km WSW147 m above sea level

55 minutes ago
dry
-
(- km/h at °)
- °C-
-
-
-
0

Mallabula wx

31 km NE1 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 271°)
10
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

Lake Macquarie Automatic Weather Station

34 km SW6 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
-
(- km/h at -°)
9.3 °C-
-

-

Corlette wx

37 km NE1 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 27°)
10
14 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Bar Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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