Dixon Park surf break

Dixon Park surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 04 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dixon Park today?

The current surf forecast for Dixon Park at 8AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (04 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (04 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
1.7
ENE
1.4
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.9
NE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)888886775688888888566659
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)59595959391731678934563122553535332322676240312015
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NE
10
N
10
NE
30
ENE
10
SSE
25
NE
5
NNW
5
ESE
5
N
5
SW
5
S
15
ESE
40
SSW
10
NNW
10
W
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoncross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.94
10:31PM
1.31
10:30AM
1.91
11:18PM
1.33
11:16AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
0.35
4:31PM
0.08
4:01AM
0.36
5:16PM
0.09
4:51AM
0.39
5:59PM
0.14
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Sunrise--5:48-------5:50-------5:50-----
Sunset------8:05-------8:05-------8:05-
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1--73------16---------
Temp. °C191919262723212120192023242119202020202122212121
Feels °C (?)212020262524192221202224231619202020202122202123
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