Blue Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 AEST
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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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blue Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Blue Bay at 3PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (26 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (26 Aug)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)101010101111111010101010111111111111121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9388618561019294827432415930875726726679634582527451427441475423408338275256
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
1.33
10:03PM
1.37
10:35AM
1.34
10:39PM
1.25
11:11AM
1.33
11:17PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
0.31
4:19AM
0.23
4:41PM
0.36
4:48AM
0.30
5:26PM
0.42
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
Sunrise6:20-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:31-------5:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141719201917161619212217151413131215181815131213
Feels °C (?)12151516161513121417191298768911119888
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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 Killarney Vale wx 4 km from Blue Bay). 2.0m 9s swell from the ENE with a 1.2m 9s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 43 min ago

5 km/h
NE
Clean
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