Blacksmiths Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.08° S 151.66° E)

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Blacksmiths Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 AEDT

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

Today's Blacksmiths Beach sea temperature is 21.1° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blacksmiths Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Blacksmiths Beach at 2PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (14 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s

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

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	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	S	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	416	346	326	334	216	180	162	120	115	84	79	58	96	63	83	48	71	67	72	191	646	398	555	127
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	ENE	ESE	E	NNE	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NE	N	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:57PM 1.31				4:30AM 0.92				4:15PM 1.28					5:40AM 1.00				5:27PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		8:19AM 0.53				10:11PM 0.31				9:40AM 0.55					11:17PM 0.30			11:00AM 0.51					12:10AM 0.28

	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	24	22	20	19	18	16	16	20	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	22	25	26	23	21	23	22
Feels °C (?)	15	18	21	19	20	20	17	14	14	20	19	17	17	18	18	17	15	22	21	22	20	20	20	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Blacksmiths Beach (light winds from the WNW at Merewether 18 km from Blacksmiths Beach). 1.3m 10s swell from the S with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the ESE and a 0.4m 6s windswell from the SE as well as a 0.3m 9s swell from the ENE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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21.1

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