Dixon Park surf break

Dixon Park surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 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
22.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Dixon Park today?

The current surf forecast for Dixon Park at 10AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
1.3
ESE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111111111117991099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9239068467577427579068298298147436347251034389447550503452345356372400415
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
W
15
SSW
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39AM
1.75
11:23PM
1.34
11:17AM
1.70
12:01AM
1.36
11:59AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
0.43
5:19PM
0.18
5:00AM
0.42
5:54PM
0.20
5:45AM
0.43
6:31PM
0.24
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:01-------8:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919212221202019171822222020192019202020212020
Feels °C (?)201818192019191918171821181517161716181818191718
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