Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
24.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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 6PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
3
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
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!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
5.5
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)9910101012121212121212121211111111101010131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38039742352362210901360145914151378136913471215106681962954540721017315295671556214477
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
S
15
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
E
15
ENE
15
SW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
50
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.96
2:45AM
1.44
4:04PM
0.94
4:04AM
1.42
5:24PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.28
7:57PM
0.48
9:58AM
0.29
9:20PM
0.52
11:14AM
0.26
10:45PM
0.51
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:59-------6:57-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1442-1-22---
Temp. °C192223232221201919242725201918171514151416161413
Feels °C (?)2024232322212119192426241918161496847877
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