Boat Ramp Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Boat Ramp surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 11 Oct 2025 AEDT

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

Today's Boat Ramp sea temperature is 20.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Boat Ramp today?

The current surf forecast for Boat Ramp at 9PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (11 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

Table - waves today at Boat Ramp. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 11				Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SSW	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSW	S	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	10	9	8	9	9	10	11	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	37	40	31	51	51	65	67	67	53	53	43	42	41	40	40	51	104	44	635	771	696	716	627	524
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	ENE	WNW	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	SSW	WSW	NW	W	WNW	WNW	S	SE	SSE	SE	E	NE	N	NW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:51AM 1.65				12:44AM 1.07				12:49PM 1.57				1:58AM 0.98				1:57PM 1.48					3:23AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)			6:43PM 0.14				6:10AM 0.40				7:53PM 0.22				7:13AM 0.50					9:11PM 0.26				8:33AM 0.56

	Saturday 11				Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	23	22	21	18	19	27	30	26	20	20	18	16	17	20	19	15	15	15	15	15	14	19
Feels °C (?)	23	21	21	19	17	14	15	22	26	23	14	17	16	13	14	17	13	9	12	13	14	13	13	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Boat Ramp (light winds from the E at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 3 km from Boat Ramp). 0.7m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 3s local chop, also from the ENE and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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