Catherine Hill Bay Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.15° S 151.63° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 AEDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.7° C
(Which is 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 2PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	NE	SSW	S	S	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	6	6	6	8	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	41	33	42	60	50	28	66	210	318	229	138	71	42	68	151	85	78	73	88	153	471	465	531	247
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	S	SE	E	SW	WSW	WSW	WNW	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:08AM 1.42				7:20PM 1.12				7:40AM 1.48					8:01PM 1.10				8:12AM 1.53				8:41PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)			1:33PM 0.33				1:09AM 0.30					2:13PM 0.27			1:42AM 0.32					2:50PM 0.22				2:14AM 0.34

	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	22	22	22	19	18	16	15	16	20	21	20	19	18	16	15	18	22	22	23	22	21	20	19
Feels °C (?)	15	17	17	18	17	18	13	11	13	17	16	15	15	15	16	14	17	20	19	19	18	19	20	17

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Catherine Hill Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.