Dixon Park Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.94° S 151.78° E)

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Dixon Park surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 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 20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dixon Park today?

The current surf forecast for Dixon Park at 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (17 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

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	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	ESE	ESE	S	S	E	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	6	6	5	5	9	8	5	5	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	502	122	72	55	54	38	68	69	68	132	153	152	212	163	72	32	32	27	28	78	69	66	91	87
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	SW	NE	NW	SW	SW	S	S	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:38AM 1.26				6:28PM 1.47				7:16AM 1.35				7:13PM 1.45				7:50AM 1.44				7:53PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:20AM 0.33				12:17PM 0.55				12:59AM 0.30				1:08PM 0.46				1:33AM 0.28				1:52PM 0.39

	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	21	27	32	21	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	18	17
Feels °C (?)	19	19	18	24	29	16	16	17	14	17	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	15	17	16	16	15	13	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Dixon Park (light winds from the NW at Merewether 2 km from Dixon Park). 0.9m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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