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Catherine Hill Bay Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Catherine Hill Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Catherine Hill Bay at 4AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Catherine Hill Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 715 | 477 | 502 | 248 | 383 | 136 | 114 | 177 | 168 | 126 | 226 | 263 | 214 | 227 | 187 | 120 | 72 | 51 | 51 | 39 | 58 | 152 | 115 | 97 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:32PM 1.36 | 6:31AM 1.17 | 6:24PM 1.35 | 7:09AM 1.27 | 7:08PM 1.33 | 7:42AM 1.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:14AM 0.23 | 12:16PM 0.43 | 12:53AM 0.22 | 1:05PM 0.36 | 1:25AM 0.21 | 1:48PM 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Still cross-shore at Catherine Hill Bay (light winds from the NNE at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 14 km from Catherine Hill Bay). 2.3m 7s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 h 17 min ago
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