Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 29 Jan 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Catherine Hill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Catherine Hill Bay at 9PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.4
NE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010656666666677788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139120122989898646363756116218514613285113151341345547344318284
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
NW
5
NNE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NE
5
N
20
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
1.00
6:45AM
1.64
7:36PM
1.05
7:40AM
1.72
8:29PM
1.11
8:30AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.35
1:42PM
0.13
1:02AM
0.31
2:33PM
0.05
1:57AM
0.26
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise------6:13-------6:13-------6:15-
Sunset-7:59-------7:59-------7:58------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222322212120212223242322222121232525232222222326
Feels °C (?)212322222323242323232121232222232423212122252326
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