Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
22.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Catherine Hill Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Catherine Hill Bay at 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
1
0
0
1
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
1.8
NE
2.3
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
2.1
NE
2.5
NE
2
ENE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)999566677766678888868888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56393984157143220244656571195426287373385133205211345769541637479
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
WSW
5
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
1.79
8:43PM
1.19
8:50AM
1.84
9:38PM
1.16
9:39AM
1.86
10:33PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
-0.01
2:17AM
0.19
3:40PM
-0.06
3:06AM
0.22
4:33PM
-0.07
3:56AM
0.27
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:49-------7:50-------7:51----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182524242322202024333128282724232835312930272523
Feels °C (?)162219191719181720292523222221202531282627272622
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