Copacobana Point surf break

Copacobana Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 03 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)--
Afternoon (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.6
SSE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)888566668567776668886668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85666611590681066651531141981687345393435242328333020
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
30
ENE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
NNW
10
NE
5
SSE
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
offcrossoncrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
1.12
9:29AM
1.84
10:21PM
1.14
10:17AM
1.80
11:10PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
0.25
4:22PM
-0.05
3:46AM
0.26
5:09PM
-0.03
4:36AM
0.29
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise------5:48-------5:50-------5:50-
Sunset--8:07-------8:07-------8:07-----
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1--21--10-------4------
Temp. °C222120201919202624222120191920232419202020202021
Feels °C (?)191818192120212621222122202122252418202221212021
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