Bar Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Bar Reef, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 9 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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

Bar Reef 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 Reef 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 Reef right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Bar Reef

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Merewether

1 km SW50 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 305°)
10
17 °C-
-
-
-
0

Newcastle

4 km NNE324 m above sea level

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

-

Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station

4 km NE33 m above sea level

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

-

Cardiff Heights wx

10 km WSW1 m above sea level

51 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 0°)
5
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

Warners Bay

11 km SW93 m above sea level

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

Williamtown Airport

17 km NNE216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearno report
20
moderate winds from the WNW
(20 km/h at 290°)
Q1019 °C0.0
0.0
-
-
-

Freemans Waterhole wx

27 km WSW147 m above sea level

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

Mallabula wx

32 km NE1 m above sea level

54 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 241°)
0
15 °C-
-
-
-
0

Lake Macquarie Automatic Weather Station

33 km SW6 m above sea level

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

-

Maitland Airport

37 km WNW129 m above sea level

2 hours ago
no report
-
(- km/h at -°)
8.0 °C-
-

-

* 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 Reef and within an acceptable time window.

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