Copacobana Point surf break

Copacobana Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Copacobana Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Copacobana Point sea temperature is
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Copacobana Point today?

The current surf forecast for Copacobana Point at 8PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Copacobana Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
1.7
ESE
2.4
SSE
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111117810899101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7058468789068627717007136061256612780522782533632618667574481409360352300
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
1.17
11:11AM
1.55
12:00AM
1.21
11:51AM
1.47
12:45AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
0.34
5:51PM
0.10
5:40AM
0.37
6:27PM
0.13
6:32AM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset--8:05-------8:04-------8:04-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120202020202221191919191920202020201919191921
Feels °C (?)201919202021211917131415151617181817171718192020
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