Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 25 Nov 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
21.3° 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 2PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1
SSE
1.3
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)811119999991011111110101010101010101066
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32121435326120316816814113318718714924523622722221817615113310298167170
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
20
NNE
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
S
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassonglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
1.44
12:57AM
0.95
12:37PM
1.39
1:56AM
0.98
1:29PM
1.34
2:58AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
0.50
6:54PM
0.28
6:04AM
0.54
7:42PM
0.27
7:05AM
0.58
8:33PM
0.26
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Fri
28
Sunrise5:39-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:40-------7:42-------7:43----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1------1------------
Temp. °C192427242424222124293230262422212327282724201919
Feels °C (?)192325242323222023262828252321202226282624171718
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