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 3 pm Friday 15 Aug 2025 AEST

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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 17.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blacksmiths Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Blacksmiths Beach at 5PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (15 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

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	Friday 15				Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	E	E	E	E	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	10	10	10	10	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	208	193	190	158	157	134	107	128	134	124	127	131	137	132	193	201	235	299	299	281	309	438	456	488
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NE	N	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	S	NNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 1.26				12:50AM 1.04					1:28PM 1.26				1:58AM 0.91				2:37PM 1.26				3:27AM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)			6:57PM 0.31				6:56AM 0.31					8:11PM 0.35				7:52AM 0.37				9:37PM 0.34				8:59AM 0.40

	Friday 15				Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	13	13	11	11	15	16	15	12	11	9	8	7	10	13	14	13	12	11	10	9	11
Feels °C (?)	16	15	13	10	10	7	7	10	12	9	7	5	3	3	2	5	9	10	10	9	6	5	4	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Blacksmiths Beach (calm at Warners Bay 12 km from Blacksmiths Beach). 1.3m 8s swell from the ESE with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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