Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 AEST
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Fingal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fingal Bay sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 3PM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s

Table - waves today at Fingal Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)1313131414141414151414141212111111111110101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4954995957008941030115811751371119110421042107610769067858881027972818694533390318
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
1.19
4:40AM
1.50
5:44PM
1.32
5:33AM
1.56
6:21PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
0.51
10:20PM
0.74
11:25AM
0.44
11:19PM
0.64
12:03PM
0.39
12:11AM
0.53
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise6:09-------6:09-------6:11-------
Sunset---5:34-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141620222118161413151718191917161517192020191815
Feels °C (?)7812151511987101214171815141215161717161513
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