Blue Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Blue Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blue Bay sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Blue Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Blue Bay at 5AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (16 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Blue Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.3
S
2.3
SSE
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)67788788888888877891010988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7520823417821954475463454227420715411410025746750353169465259327613678
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
NNW
40
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
1.09
5:31PM
1.37
6:31AM
1.18
6:24PM
1.36
7:09AM
1.28
7:08PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26PM
0.26
11:15AM
0.51
12:14AM
0.24
12:16PM
0.44
12:52AM
0.22
1:05PM
0.37
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:13-------6:11-------6:09-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:07-------7:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C181616202122212123242531342618171717171818181818
Feels °C (?)191717191718181820212228312213121314161515141515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Blue Bay (calm at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Blue Bay). 1.5m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.6m 6s windswell, also from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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