Dixon Park surf break

Dixon Park surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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Dixon Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dixon Park sea temperature is
22.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dixon Park today?

The current surf forecast for Dixon Park at 4AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Dixon Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the W by Thu morning).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.3
E
11
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.4
S
8
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
2.1
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
459
459
451
440
375
354
345
338
338
288
288
284
239
194
190
154
126
223
1478
1492
1242
1018
890
789
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
5
W
10
SW
10
SSE
15
E
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
20
SW
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
10:38PM1.67m
11:27AM1.17m
11:19PM1.62m
12:21PM1.14m
00:04AM1.57m
1:19PM1.14m
Low Tide
4:01PM0.61m
5:32AM0.47m
4:42PM0.69m
6:20AM0.50m
5:30PM0.76m
7:11AM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:28
6:28
6:30
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5:08
5:07
5:07
Temp °C
20
19
18
18
15
17
19
20
19
18
15
15
13
17
16
16
14
12
10
8
7
12
19
21
18
17
16
18
14
16
18
18
16
15
13
11
8
11
7
7
5
5
4
2
1
5
15
16
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.3
E
11
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.4
S
8
2.2
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
2.1
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
10
Energy kJ
459
459
451
440
375
354
345
338
338
288
288
284
239
194
190
154
120
223
949
1492
1242
1018
890
789
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
6
0.3
S
5
0.3
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
17
0.4
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
S
7
0.5
NE
4
0.4
SSW
7
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
Energy kJ
9
9
5
60
57
33
58
46
40
25
9
15
7
6
3
6
6
89
90
66
68
48
49
53
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.3
S
17
0.3
S
4
0.3
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
13
0.4
S
7
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
NW
4
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
11
0.1
NE
10
0.4
NW
4
Energy kJ
6
6
31
53
2
52
22
16
15
14
15
3
12
3
1
6
3
4
3
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
5
0.3
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.3
ENE
2
0.6
NE
3
0.8
NE
4
0.4
WNW
3
0.4
W
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.7
SW
4
1.1
SW
6
1.3
SSW
6
0.6
WSW
4
2.5
S
10
0.4
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.5
W
4
Energy kJ
13
2
3
1
6
23
3
2
3
12
77
126
10
1478
3
3
4
7
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
Distance (km)
3
3
3
0
0
1
3
77
33
33
0
1
1
4
176
166
290
4
19
3
0
19
0
7
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
3
3
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
9
7
7
6
5
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
6
5
6
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