Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 13 Feb 2026 AEDT
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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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 12PM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (13 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)99910988888899986666666712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100410271038710528319223172141117959974746878769198130160147130148
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
1.52
7:02PM
1.04
6:57AM
1.60
7:49PM
1.12
7:41AM
1.67
8:29PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
0.67
1:14PM
0.53
12:06AM
0.64
1:54PM
0.43
1:01AM
0.59
2:30PM
0.34
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise--6:24-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:45-------7:44-------7:43--
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1---------------11221111
Temp. °C202121212222222221212121212122212121212122222221
Feels °C (?)161717181919191918181718181819181919191819191919
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