Catherine Hill Bay surf break

Catherine Hill Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 09 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
24.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)887777788888888969101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53225722321119917614012013016313710999176221423317606567502450400543536
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
NE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
25
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
1.29
1:39PM
0.91
2:08AM
1.24
2:52PM
0.85
3:17AM
1.22
4:23PM
0.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.44
7:59AM
0.48
7:14PM
0.52
9:12AM
0.52
8:13PM
0.58
10:35AM
0.51
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:17-------7:16-------7:15
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3211221-----------------
Temp. °C222222222223242423232221202325252323222223242323
Feels °C (?)222324242424242423232323222423222023222222222020
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