Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Catherine Hill Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Catherine Hill Bay sea temperature is
25.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Catherine Hill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Catherine Hill Bay at 4PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.3
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.3
NE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)8885666661096666666665677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78867188200212157109145604655475960493731252758293275123
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
E
10
NE
10
ENE
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
1.64
11:21PM
1.28
11:20AM
1.51
12:00AM
1.29
11:59AM
1.36
12:41AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
0.06
5:07AM
0.28
5:49PM
0.13
5:53AM
0.34
6:21PM
0.21
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:54-------7:53-------7:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192123232221201920272729252221212123242526242423
Feels °C (?)172020191820201920272529262220212225242628262726
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