Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 01 Jan 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
SSE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
S
0.8
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212119111010109988887888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)130510947346586167224293593962443052291711501381198697868957939376
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
SW
20
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:46-------5:46-------5:47-------
Sunset----8:01-------8:01-------8:01---
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C202021202019191919201920202020191921212121212020
Feels °C (?)201919161616171716181618181818181818161616171819
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